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: 6cd225cc5d8a ("hwrng: exynos - add Samsung Exynos True RNG driver") Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/hw_random/exynos-trng.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/exynos-trng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/exynos-trng.c index 8e1fe3f8d..666246bc8 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/exynos-trng.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/exynos-trng.c @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int exynos_trng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return PTR_ERR(trng->mem); 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, "Could not get runtime PM.\n"); goto err_pm_get; -- 2.23.0