Re: [PATCH 4/4] dmaengine: rcar-dmac: Fix runtime PM leak in error path of channel alloc
From: Frank Li
Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 16:03:39 EST
On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 03:56:02AM +0000, Wentao Liang wrote:
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> rcar_dmac_alloc_chan_resources() ends with
> "return pm_runtime_get_sync(chan->device->dev);". Even when
> pm_runtime_get_sync() fails, it leaves the device's runtime PM
> usage count incremented, and the negative return value propagates
> straight to the dmaengine core, which aborts the channel
> allocation without ever calling device_free_chan_resources(). The
> balanced pm_runtime_put() only happens later in
> rcar_dmac_free_chan_resources(), so the reference is leaked
> whenever resuming the device fails.
>
> Use pm_runtime_resume_and_get() instead, which drops the reference
> again on failure and returns 0 on success.
>
> Fixes: 87244fe5abdf ("dmaengine: rcar-dmac: Add Renesas R-Car Gen2 DMA Controller (DMAC) driver")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c b/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c
> index 44eab2d21d54..2d2baa36feea 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c
> @@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ static int rcar_dmac_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
> if (ret < 0)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> - return pm_runtime_get_sync(chan->device->dev);
> + return pm_runtime_resume_and_get(chan->device->dev);
> }
>
> static void rcar_dmac_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
> --
> 2.34.1
>