Re: [PATCH 1/2] powercap/drivers/dtpm: Fix root node initialization

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon Mar 01 2021 - 14:03:30 EST


On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 7:30 PM Daniel Lezcano
<daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The root node is not set to NULL when the dtpm root node is
> removed. Consequently, it is not possible to create a new root as it
> is already set.
>
> Set the root node to NULL when the last node is removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/powercap/dtpm.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/powercap/dtpm.c b/drivers/powercap/dtpm.c
> index 5a51cd34a7e8..c2185ec5f887 100644
> --- a/drivers/powercap/dtpm.c
> +++ b/drivers/powercap/dtpm.c
> @@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ int dtpm_release_zone(struct powercap_zone *pcz)
> if (dtpm->ops)
> dtpm->ops->release(dtpm);
>
> + if (root == dtpm)
> + root = NULL;
> +
> kfree(dtpm);
>
> return 0;
> --

Applied along with the [2/2[ as 5.12-rc material, thanks!