Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: board: Add missing of_node_put() in board.c

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Jun 15 2022 - 10:26:44 EST


Hi Liang,

On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 4:21 PM Liang He <windhl@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> In board_staging_gic_setup_xlate(), of_find_compatible_node() return
> a node pointer with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put()
> when it is not used anymore.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liang He <windhl@xxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/staging/board/board.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/board/board.c
> @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ int __init board_staging_gic_setup_xlate(const char *gic_match,
> if (!irqc_node)
> return -ENOENT;
>
> + of_node_put(irqc_node);
> +
> irqc_base = base;
> return 0;
> }

irqc_node is a global variable, and it is used after this function
has returned.

NAKed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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