The issue happens in an error handling path. If of_dma_controller_register() fails, the function simply prints error messages and returns error code, without decrementing the reference count of pdev->device incremented earlier by dma_async_device_register(), which may result in refcount leaks. Fix it by invoking dma_async_device_unregister() before returning the error code. Signed-off-by: Xin Xiong <xiongx18@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c b/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c index 89f1814ff..a23563cd1 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c +++ b/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c @@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@ static int mmp_pdma_probe(struct platform_device *op) mmp_pdma_dma_xlate, pdev); if (ret < 0) { dev_err(&op->dev, "of_dma_controller_register failed\n"); + dma_async_device_unregister(&pdev->device); return ret; } } -- 2.25.1