[PATCH 3/3] media: imx8-isi: fix resource leaks in probe error paths and remove

xiaolei wang xiaolei.wang at windriver.com
Mon May 4 19:39:16 PDT 2026


Hi Frank

Thank you for your review

On 5/5/26 00:21, Frank Li wrote:
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> On Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 07:19:26AM +0800, Xiaolei Wang wrote:
>> mxc_isi_probe() allocates isi->pipes with kzalloc_objs() but never
>> frees it on any probe failure path or in mxc_isi_remove(), leaking
>> the allocation on every failed probe and every normal unbind.
>>
>> Additionally, when mxc_isi_pipe_init() fails partway through the
>> channel loop or when mxc_isi_v4l2_init() fails, the already
>> initialized pipes are not cleaned up — their media entities and
>> mutexes are leaked.
> Although it simple change, it is two problems, suggest use two patches to
> fix it.

Yes, it's two issues, and I will use two patches in the next version.

thanks

xiaolei

>
> Frank
>> Fix the pipes memory leak by switching from kzalloc_objs() to
>> devm_kcalloc(), which ties the allocation lifetime to the device
>> and eliminates the need for explicit kfree() in all error paths
>> and in mxc_isi_remove().
>>
>> Fix the pipe init leak by cleaning up already-initialized pipes
>> in the err_xbar error path.
>>
>> Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
>> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang at windriver.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 5 ++++-
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
>> index 2d639b789910..8533a979d60a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
>> @@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>
>>        isi->pdata = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
>>
>> -     isi->pipes = kzalloc_objs(isi->pipes[0], isi->pdata->num_channels);
>> +     isi->pipes = devm_kcalloc(dev, isi->pdata->num_channels,
>> +                               sizeof(*isi->pipes), GFP_KERNEL);
>>        if (!isi->pipes)
>>                return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> @@ -538,6 +539,8 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>        return 0;
>>
>>   err_xbar:
>> +     while (i--)
>> +             mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(&isi->pipes[i]);
>>        mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(&isi->crossbar);
>>
>>        return ret;
>> --
>> 2.43.0
>>



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