Re: [PATCH] gpio: gpiolib: fix refcount imbalance in gpiochip_setup_dev()

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 1:21 PM Joe Hattori <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In gpiochip_setup_dev(), the refcount incremented in device_initialize()
> is not decremented in the error path. Fix it by calling put_device().
>
> Fixes: aab5c6f20023 ("gpio: set device type for GPIO chips")
> Signed-off-by: Joe Hattori <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij