Re: [PATCH] regulator: of: Add of_node_put() before return in function

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 02:02:31PM +0530, Nishka Dasgupta wrote:
> The local variable search in regulator_of_get_init_node takes the value
> returned by either of_get_child_by_name or of_node_get, both of which
> get a node. If this node is not put before returning, it could cause a
> memory leak. Hence put search before a mid-loop return statement.
> Issue found with Coccinelle.

> -		if (!strcmp(desc->of_match, name))
> +		if (!strcmp(desc->of_match, name)) {
> +			of_node_put(search);
>  			return of_node_get(child);
> +		}

Why not just remove the extra of_node_get() and a comment explaining why
it's not needed?

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