Re: [PATCH] char: hw_random: Fix a reference count leak.

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Tue Jun 16 2020 - 03:32:41 EST


On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 03:18:54PM +0200, Lukasz Stelmach wrote:
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> I believe this fix has already been submitted
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20200522011659.26727-1-dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
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> It hasn't been applied though. Anyway, thank you for your work.
>
> Herbert, could you take a look at the Dinghao's patch, please?

It was part of a number of patches that did similar things. The
general conclusion was that it should call put_noidle instead.

See

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11574843/

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