Re: [PATCH] firmware: meson_sm: fix device leak at probe
From: Johan Hovold
Date: Wed Aug 27 2025 - 05:51:03 EST
On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 09:40:19AM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Make sure to drop the reference to the secure monitor device taken by
> of_find_device_by_node() when looking up its driver data on behalf of
> other drivers (e.g. during probe).
>
> Note that holding a reference to the platform device does not prevent
> its driver data from going away so there is no point in keeping the
> reference after the helper returns.
>
> Fixes: 8cde3c2153e8 ("firmware: meson_sm: Rework driver as a proper platform driver")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.5
> Cc: Carlo Caione <ccaione@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Can someone pick this one up (along with the compile-test patch)?
Johan