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Subject: Claude review: drm/nouveau: fix nvkm_device leak on aperture removal failure
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:12:26 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <review-patch1-20260411062938.22925-1-devnexen@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260411062938.22925-1-devnexen@gmail.com>
Patch Review
**Correctness: Confirmed.**
The probe function allocates the nvkm device early:
```c
ret = nvkm_device_pci_new(pdev, nouveau_config, nouveau_debug, &device);
if (ret)
return ret;
```
`nvkm_device_pci_new()` internally calls `pci_enable_device()` (at `nvkm/engine/device/pci.c:1662`), so on success we hold both the device allocation and a PCI enable reference.
The very next fallible call is:
```c
ret = aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices(pdev, driver_pci.name);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto fail_nvkm;
```
The old `return ret` skips cleanup entirely. The `fail_nvkm` label correctly runs:
```c
fail_nvkm:
nvkm_device_del(&device);
return ret;
```
And `nvkm_device_del` invokes `nvkm_device_pci_dtor()` which calls `pci_disable_device()` (`pci.c:1635`), properly balancing the enable taken during `nvkm_device_pci_new()`.
There is no double-free risk here: at this point in the probe sequence, no other resources (the second `pci_enable_device` at line 891, `nouveau_drm_device_new`, etc.) have been allocated yet, so jumping to `fail_nvkm` — which only tears down the nvkm device — is the correct label.
**Commit message:** Accurate. The description correctly identifies what leaks, why, and which commit introduced the problem.
**Tags:** `Fixes:` and `Cc: stable` are appropriate.
**No issues found.** This could take a:
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2026-04-11 6:29 [PATCH] drm/nouveau: fix nvkm_device leak on aperture removal failure David Carlier
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