[PATCH] iio: imu: smi330: Fix trigger reference leak in smi330_core_probe()

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 13:08:53 EST


The reference taken with iio_trigger_get() is only dropped by
iio_dev_release() when INDIO_BUFFER_TRIGGERED is set. If
devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup() fails before setting that mode, the
reference acquired for indio_dev->trig leaks. Move the
iio_trigger_get() after the buffer setup succeeds.

Fixes: 6f3d8de8886d ("iio: imu: smi330: Add driver")
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/imu/smi330/smi330_core.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/smi330/smi330_core.c b/drivers/iio/imu/smi330/smi330_core.c
index 7ec5ae7f521a..6bd735c6b61a 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/smi330/smi330_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/smi330/smi330_core.c
@@ -886,9 +886,6 @@ int smi330_core_probe(struct device *dev, struct regmap *regmap)
if (ret)
return dev_err_probe(dev, ret,
"IIO register trigger failed\n");
-
- /* Set default operation mode to data ready. */
- indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(data->trig);
}

ret = devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup(dev, indio_dev,
@@ -897,6 +894,11 @@ int smi330_core_probe(struct device *dev, struct regmap *regmap)
if (ret)
return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "IIO buffer setup failed\n");

+ if (data->trig) {
+ /* Set default operation mode to data ready. */
+ indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(data->trig);
+ }
+
ret = devm_iio_device_register(dev, indio_dev);
if (ret)
return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Register IIO device failed\n");
--
2.34.1