[PATCH] perf/arm_cspmu: fix device leaks on module unload

Johan Hovold johan at kernel.org
Fri Nov 21 03:52:13 PST 2025


Make sure to drop the references taken when looking up the backend
devices during vendor module unload.

Fixes: bfc653aa89cb ("perf: arm_cspmu: Separate Arm and vendor module")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org	# 6.7
Cc: Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono at nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
index efa9b229e701..e0d4293f06f9 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
@@ -1365,8 +1365,10 @@ void arm_cspmu_impl_unregister(const struct arm_cspmu_impl_match *impl_match)
 
 	/* Unbind the driver from all matching backend devices. */
 	while ((dev = driver_find_device(&arm_cspmu_driver.driver, NULL,
-			match, arm_cspmu_match_device)))
+			match, arm_cspmu_match_device))) {
 		device_release_driver(dev);
+		put_device(dev);
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&arm_cspmu_lock);
 
-- 
2.51.2




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