[PATCH] cpufreq: imx6q: fix devres accumulation across driver rebind

[Viresh Kumar]

On 06-08-26, 07:09, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> imx6_soc_volt is allocated with devm_kcalloc(cpu_dev, ...), where cpu_dev
> is the CPU device from get_cpu_device(0). That device is never unbound, so
> its devres list is never released, and imx6q_cpufreq_remove() does not free
> the array either. Every probe therefore adds an allocation that stays for
> the lifetime of the system.
> 
> Allocate against the platform device instead. Its devres is released when
> the driver is unbound, which is exactly the lifetime the array wants:
> imx6q_set_target() reads it, and nothing may reach that after
> cpufreq_unregister_driver().
> 
> That makes the array actually go away on unbind, so also clear the
> file-scope pointer in remove and on the failed-probe path, rather than
> leave it pointing at memory devres is about to release.
> 
> Tested by rebinding the driver on qemu's mcimx6ul-evk.
> 
> Fixes: b4573d1d657a ("cpufreq: imx6q: correct VDDSOC/PU voltage scaling when cpufreq is changed")
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/imx6q-cpufreq.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied. Thanks.

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viresh