Re: [PATCH] of: refcount leak when phandle_cache entry replaced

From: Frank Rowand
Date: Thu Dec 12 2019 - 06:17:36 EST


On 12/11/19 2:18 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 02:14:53 -0600, frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> of_find_node_by_phandle() does not do an of_node_put() of the existing
>> node in a phandle cache entry when that node is replaced by a new node.
>>
>> Reported-by: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Fixes: b8a9ac1a5b99 ("of: of_node_get()/of_node_put() nodes held in phandle cache")
>> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Checkpatch will warn about a line over 80 characters. Let me know
>> if that bothers you.
>>
>> drivers/of/base.c | 2 ++
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>
> Applied, thanks.
>
> Rob
>

If the rework patch of the cache that you posted shortly after accepting
my patch, then my patch becomes not needed and is just extra noise in the
history. Once your patch finishes review (I am assuming it probably
will), then my patch should be reverted.

-Frank