On Sat, Dec 03, 2022 at 09:58:58AM +0000, Yongqiang Liu wrote: > We should always call dax_region_put() whenever devm_create_dev_dax() > succeed or fail to avoid refcount leak of dax_region. Move the return > value check after dax_region_put().
I think dax_region_put is called from dax_region_unregister() automatically on tear down. > > Fixes: c01044cc8191 ("ACPI: HMAT: refactor hmat_register_target_device to > hmem_register_device") I'm also not sure how this patch is related to this fix. Ira > Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqian...@huawei.com> > --- > drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c | 5 ++--- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c b/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c > index 1bf040dbc834..09f5cd7b6c8e 100644 > --- a/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c > +++ b/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c > @@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ static int dax_hmem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > .size = region_idle ? 0 : resource_size(res), > }; > dev_dax = devm_create_dev_dax(&data); > - if (IS_ERR(dev_dax)) > - return PTR_ERR(dev_dax); > > /* child dev_dax instances now own the lifetime of the dax_region */ > dax_region_put(dax_region); > - return 0; > + > + return IS_ERR(dev_dax) ? PTR_ERR(dev_dax) : 0; > } > > static int dax_hmem_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) > -- > 2.25.1 > >