Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH v3 06/24] drm/sun4i: Fix releasing node when enumerating enpoints

From: Chen-Yu Tsai
Date: Fri Jun 29 2018 - 21:10:41 EST


On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 3:15 AM, Jernej Åkrabec <jernej.skrabec@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dne Äetrtek, 28. junij 2018 ob 03:53:36 CEST je Chen-Yu Tsai napisal(a):
>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> > sun4i_drv_add_endpoints() has a memory leak since it uses of_node_put()
>> > when remote is equal to NULL and does nothing when remote has a valid
>> > pointer.
>> >
>> > Invert the logic to fix memory leak.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Given this is a fix, it should have Fixes and stable tags.
>
> How should be this handled given that the patch is already merged and cannot
> be dropped?

We can't. We'll have to manually submit it for stable once this lands
in Linus' tree.

ChenYu