Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: ti-ads131e08: Fix trigger reference leak in ads131e08_probe()

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:21:14 +0000
Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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: d935eddd2799 ("iio: adc: Add driver for Texas Instruments ADS131E0x ADC family")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Not this solution. See other threads on this.

> ---
>  drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads131e08.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads131e08.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads131e08.c
> index a585621b0bc3..d976214504c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads131e08.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads131e08.c
> @@ -851,8 +851,6 @@ static int ads131e08_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
>  		return ret;
>  	}
>  
> -	indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(st->trig);
> -
>  	ret = devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup(&spi->dev, indio_dev,
>  		NULL, &ads131e08_trigger_handler, NULL);
>  	if (ret) {
> @@ -860,6 +858,8 @@ static int ads131e08_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
>  		return ret;
>  	}
>  
> +	indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(st->trig);
> +
>  	st->vref_reg = devm_regulator_get_optional(&spi->dev, "vref");
>  	if (!IS_ERR(st->vref_reg)) {
>  		ret = regulator_enable(st->vref_reg);