idxd_config_bus_probe() calls try_module_get() but never calls module_put() when it fails. Thus with every failed attempt, the ref count goes up. Add module_put() in failure paths. Fixes: c52ca478233c ("dmaengine: idxd: add configuration component of driver") Reported-by: Jerry Chen <jerry.t.chen@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c index 6d907fe150aa..298855ca934f 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c @@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static int idxd_config_bus_probe(struct device *dev) rc = idxd_device_config(idxd); if (rc < 0) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idxd->dev_lock, flags); + module_put(THIS_MODULE); dev_warn(dev, "Device config failed: %d\n", rc); return rc; } @@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ static int idxd_config_bus_probe(struct device *dev) rc = idxd_device_enable(idxd); if (rc < 0) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idxd->dev_lock, flags); + module_put(THIS_MODULE); dev_warn(dev, "Device enable failed: %d\n", rc); return rc; } @@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ static int idxd_config_bus_probe(struct device *dev) rc = idxd_register_dma_device(idxd); if (rc < 0) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idxd->dev_lock, flags); + module_put(THIS_MODULE); dev_dbg(dev, "Failed to register dmaengine device\n"); return rc; }