[PATCH 2/2] ARM: vexpress: fix device_node refcount leak in vexpress_smp_dt_prepare_cpus()

From: Weigang He

Date: Fri Sep 25 2026 - 13:36:34 EST


vexpress_smp_dt_prepare_cpus() obtains a reference to the SCU device
node via of_find_matching_node() and passes it to of_iomap(), but never
calls of_node_put() on it. of_iomap() does not take ownership of the
node, so the reference is leaked. The function is the .smp_prepare_cpus
hook invoked once from the __init SMP bring-up path, so this is a
one-shot leak of a single refcount during boot, with no functional
impact.

Annotate scu with the __free(device_node) cleanup attribute so the
reference is released when the function returns.

Found while reviewing a CodeQL report for vexpress_flags_set() on the
same SMP bring-up path.

Fixes: d2606f81d563 ("ARM: vexpress: Simplify SMP operations for DT-powered system")
Assisted-by: LLM codeql
Signed-off-by: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@xxxxxxxxx>
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Notes:
Compile-tested only (ARCH=arm multi_v7_defconfig, W=1). Not tested on
hardware; I have no Versatile Express board.

The CodeQL query behind this report was synthesized with LLM assistance,
and the fix and changelog were drafted with LLM assistance; I have
reviewed them.

arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c
index 1ee3c45e71c99..b810ad50b98ce 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ static const struct of_device_id vexpress_smp_dt_scu_match[] __initconst = {

static void __init vexpress_smp_dt_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
{
- struct device_node *scu = of_find_matching_node(NULL,
- vexpress_smp_dt_scu_match);
+ struct device_node *scu __free(device_node) =
+ of_find_matching_node(NULL, vexpress_smp_dt_scu_match);

if (scu)
scu_enable(of_iomap(scu, 0));
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