pm_runtime_get_sync will increment pm usage counter even it failed. Forgetting to putting operation will result in a reference leak here. A new function pm_runtime_resume_and_get is introduced in [0] to keep usage counter balanced. So We fix the reference leak by replacing it with new funtion. [0] dd8088d5a896 ("PM: runtime: Add pm_runtime_resume_and_get to deal with usage counter") Fixes: 87244fe5abdf ("dmaengine: rcar-dmac: Add Renesas R-Car Gen2 DMA Controller (DMAC) driver") Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c b/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c index a57705356..991a7b5da 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c +++ b/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c @@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ static int rcar_dmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) /* Enable runtime PM and initialize the device. */ pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev); - ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev); + ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(&pdev->dev); if (ret < 0) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "runtime PM get sync failed (%d)\n", ret); return ret; -- 2.23.0