[PATCH] drm/meson: Fix next_bridge reference leak in meson_encoder_dsi_probe()

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 14:02:48 EST


The reference on the next bridge returned by
of_drm_find_and_get_bridge() is never released when
drm_simple_encoder_init() or drm_bridge_attach() fails. Drop it on
both error paths before returning.

Fixes: bfb8f5d0a9e7 ("drm/meson: encoder_dsi: get/put the next bridge")
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_encoder_dsi.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_encoder_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_encoder_dsi.c
index eba246791c68..5f2eeeaf93b8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_encoder_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_encoder_dsi.c
@@ -135,17 +135,21 @@ int meson_encoder_dsi_probe(struct meson_drm *priv)
/* Encoder */
ret = drm_simple_encoder_init(priv->drm, &meson_encoder_dsi->encoder,
DRM_MODE_ENCODER_DSI);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ drm_bridge_put(meson_encoder_dsi->bridge.next_bridge);
return dev_err_probe(priv->dev, ret,
"Failed to init DSI encoder\n");
+ }

meson_encoder_dsi->encoder.possible_crtcs = BIT(0);

/* Attach DSI Encoder Bridge to Encoder */
ret = drm_bridge_attach(&meson_encoder_dsi->encoder, &meson_encoder_dsi->bridge, NULL, 0);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ drm_bridge_put(meson_encoder_dsi->bridge.next_bridge);
return dev_err_probe(priv->dev, ret,
"Failed to attach bridge\n");
+ }

/*
* We should have now in place:
--
2.34.1