[PATCH] pinctrl: stm32: fix hwspinlock resource leak in probe function
Antonio Borneo
antonio.borneo at foss.st.com
Wed Oct 29 02:30:44 PDT 2025
On Wed, 2025-10-29 at 09:42 +0800, Haotian Zhang wrote:
> In stm32_pctl_probe(), hwspin_lock_request_specific() is called to
> request a hwspinlock, but the acquired lock is not freed on multiple
> error paths after this call. This causes resource leakage when the
> function fails to initialize properly.
>
> Use devm_hwspin_lock_request_specific() instead of
> hwspin_lock_request_specific() to automatically manage the hwspinlock
> resource lifecycle.
>
> Fixes: 97cfb6cd34f2 ("pinctrl: stm32: protect configuration registers with a hwspinlock")
> Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab at iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
> drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c b/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
> index 823c8fe758e2..d9a2d20a7e6b 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
> @@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ int stm32_pctl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (hwlock_id == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> return hwlock_id;
> } else {
> - pctl->hwlock = hwspin_lock_request_specific(hwlock_id);
> + pctl->hwlock = devm_hwspin_lock_request_specific(dev, hwlock_id);
> }
>
> spin_lock_init(&pctl->irqmux_lock);
Reviewed-by: Antonio Borneo <antonio.borneo at foss.st.com>
Thanks!
Antonio
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