Re: [PATCH] mfd: core: fix device reference leak in mfd_clone_cell

From: Lee Jones
Date: Wed Nov 16 2016 - 10:14:28 EST


On Wed, 16 Nov 2016, Johan Hovold wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 09:59:44AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Nov 2016, Johan Hovold wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 06:25:01PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 01 Nov 2016, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Make sure to drop the reference taken by bus_find_device_by_name()
> > > > > before returning from mfd_clone_cell().
> > > > >
> > > > > Fixes: a9bbba996302 ("mfd: add platform_device sharing support for mfd")
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c | 2 ++
> > > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > Applied, thanks.
> > >
> > > I do not see this one in linux-next (or your tree). Did you forget to
> > > push?
> >
> > Since I tend to flit between maintaining and real-work, I tend to bulk
> > push once I have a bunch of fixes/updates. Your fix should appear in
> > -next tomorrow. The plan is to have it in upstream by next week.
>
> Sounds good, thanks for the explanation.

FYI, I submitted your patch to Linus today.

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