ipa_remove() takes a runtime PM reference before accessing IPA hardware
during teardown. If a concurrent modem start or stop keeps
ipa_modem_stop() busy across both attempts, the callback intentionally
returns without releasing the remaining resources because proceeding
with teardown could crash. That return also skips the matching
pm_runtime_put_noidle(), leaving the callback's usage-count reference
held.
Drop only this runtime PM reference before returning.
pm_runtime_put_noidle() does not request an idle transition, so the
hardware and resources retained on this exceptional path remain
untouched while the usage count stays balanced.
This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by
manual source review.
Fixes: 923a6b698447 ("net: ipa: get clock in ipa_probe()")
Assisted-by: unnamed:gpt-5.5 typestate
Signed-off-by: Ruoyu Wang <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <redacted>
---
Changes in v2:
- Simplify the teardown comment as requested.
- Add the Assisted-by tag.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260814134047.1387177-1-ruoyuw560@gmail.com/ (local)
---
drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
index 788dd99af2a4dc..8d82fd5bb24b97 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
@@ -969,12 +969,12 @@ static void ipa_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
}
if (ret) {
/*
- * Not cleaning up here properly might also yield a
- * crash later on. As the device is still unregistered
- * in this case, this might even yield a crash later on.
+ * Continuing teardown after failing to stop the modem
+ * could crash, so leave the remaining resources allocated.
*/
dev_err(dev, "Failed to stop modem (%pe), leaking resources\n",
ERR_PTR(ret));
+ pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
return;
}
--
2.51.0