[PATCH] clocksource: timer-cadence-ttc: Fix resource leaks in error paths
Markus Elfring
Markus.Elfring at web.de
Wed Nov 26 02:34:33 PST 2025
> The ttc_setup_clocksource() and ttc_setup_clockevent() fail to
> unregister the clock notifier in their error paths, potentially
> leading to a resource leak. Additionally, ttc_setup_clocksource()
> leaks the prepared clock reference upon failure.
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.18-rc7#n658
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> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c
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> @@ -377,6 +380,10 @@ static int __init ttc_setup_clocksource(struct clk *clk, void __iomem *base,
>
> err = clocksource_register_hz(&ttccs->cs, ttccs->ttc.freq / PRESCALE);
> if (err) {
> + if (notifier_registered)
> + clk_notifier_unregister(ttccs->ttc.clk,
> + &ttccs->ttc.clk_rate_change_nb);
> + clk_disable_unprepare(ttccs->ttc.clk);
> kfree(ttccs);
> return err;
> }
How do you think about to avoid repeated kfree() calls in such a function implementation?
> @@ -465,13 +472,16 @@ static int __init ttc_setup_clockevent(struct clk *clk,
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> +out_clk_notifier_unregister:
> + clk_notifier_unregister(ttcce->ttc.clk,
> + &ttcce->ttc.clk_rate_change_nb);
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Regards,
Markus
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