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: 9b3b8171f7f4 ("dmaengine: sprd: Add Spreadtrum DMA driver") Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c index 0ef5ca81b..65dde392f 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c +++ b/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c @@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ static int sprd_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) pm_runtime_set_active(&pdev->dev); pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev); - ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev); + ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(&pdev->dev); if (ret < 0) goto err_rpm; @@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ static int sprd_dma_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) struct sprd_dma_chn *c, *cn; int ret; - ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev); + ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(&pdev->dev); if (ret < 0) return ret; -- 2.23.0