Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/9] software_node: Fix failure to hold refcount in software_node_get_next_child

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi Daniel,

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 11:58:57PM +0100, Daniel Scally wrote:
> The software_node_get_next_child() function currently does not hold a kref
> to the child software_node; fix that.
> 
> Fixes: 59abd83672f7 ("drivers: base: Introducing software nodes to the firmware node framework")
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> 	- split out from the full software_node_graph*() patch
> 
>  drivers/base/swnode.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
> index f01b1cc61..741149b90 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
> @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ software_node_get_next_child(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
>  		c = list_next_entry(c, entry);
>  	else
>  		c = list_first_entry(&p->children, struct swnode, entry);
> -	return &c->fwnode;
> +	return software_node_get(&c->fwnode);

I believe similarly, the function should drop the reference to the previous
node, and not expect the caller to do this. The OF equivalent does the
same.

>  }
>  
>  static struct fwnode_handle *

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Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus