fastrpc_invoke_ctx can have refcount of 2 in error path where rpmsg_send() fails to send invoke message. decrement the refcount properly in the error path to fix this leak. This also fixes below static checker warning: drivers/misc/fastrpc.c:990 fastrpc_internal_invoke() warn: 'ctx->refcount.refcount.ref.counter' not decremented on lines: 990. Fixes: c68cfb718c8f ("misc: fastrpc: Add support for context") Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/fastrpc.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c index 9065d3e71ff7..07065728e39f 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c +++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c @@ -949,8 +949,10 @@ static int fastrpc_internal_invoke(struct fastrpc_user *fl, u32 kernel, dma_wmb(); /* Send invoke buffer to remote dsp */ err = fastrpc_invoke_send(fl->sctx, ctx, kernel, handle); - if (err) + if (err) { + fastrpc_context_put(ctx); goto bail; + } if (kernel) { if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ctx->work, 10 * HZ)) -- 2.21.0