Re: [PATCH v4 04/18] powerpc/pseries: add of_node_put() in dlpar_detach_node()

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Oct 18 2018 - 13:09:36 EST


On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 07:37:24PM -0700, frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>
> "of: overlay: add missing of_node_get() in __of_attach_node_sysfs"
> added a missing of_node_get() to __of_attach_node_sysfs(). This
> results in a refcount imbalance for nodes attached with
> dlpar_attach_node(). The calling sequence from dlpar_attach_node()
> to __of_attach_node_sysfs() is:
>
> dlpar_attach_node()
> of_attach_node()
> __of_attach_node_sysfs()

IIRC, there's a long standing item in the todo (Grant's) to convert the
open coded dlpar code. Maybe you want to do that first?

>
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> ***** UNTESTED. I need people with the affected PowerPC systems
> ***** (systems that dynamically allocate and deallocate
> ***** devicetree nodes) to test this patch.

Can't we write a test case that does the same thing?

>
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
> index a0b20c03f078..e3010b14aea5 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
> @@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ int dlpar_detach_node(struct device_node *dn)
> if (rc)
> return rc;
>
> + of_node_put(dn);
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>