Re: [PATCH v4] of: dynamic: fix memory leak related to properties of __of_node_dup
From: Rob Herring
Date: Fri Oct 20 2017 - 14:12:54 EST
On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Lixin Wang <alan.1.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If a node with no properties is dynamically added, then a property is
> dynamically added to the node, then the property is dynamically removed,
> the result will be node->properties == NULL and node->deadprops != NULL.
>
> Add a separate function to release the properties in both lists.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lixin Wang <alan.1.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Thanks the idea from Rob Herring, that I forgot to mention at patch v3.
> Thanks Frank Rowand for writing to me the example.
>
> v3 -> v4:
> * Using the style that is more consistent with device tree
> code, as suggested by Frank Rowand
>
> drivers/of/dynamic.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
Applied.
Rob