Re: [PATCH] of: drop a reference on error in __of_attach_node_sysfs()

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Wed May 20 2020 - 06:06:23 EST


Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> We add a new of_node_get() to this function, but we should drop the
> reference if kobject_add().
^
fails?
>
> Fixes: 5b2c2f5a0ea3 ("of: overlay: add missing of_node_get() in __of_attach_node_sysfs")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> From static analysis. Maybe we should just call of_node_get() right
> before we return 0?

Yeah that would be simpler and equally correct AFAICS.

cheers

> diff --git a/drivers/of/kobj.c b/drivers/of/kobj.c
> index c72eef988041..a90dc4b3b060 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/kobj.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/kobj.c
> @@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ int __of_attach_node_sysfs(struct device_node *np)
>
> rc = kobject_add(&np->kobj, parent, "%s", name);
> kfree(name);
> - if (rc)
> + if (rc) {
> + of_node_put(np);
> return rc;
> + }
>
> for_each_property_of_node(np, pp)
> __of_add_property_sysfs(np, pp);
> --
> 2.26.2