Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Avoid a bad reference count on CPU node

From: Miquel Sabaté Solà
Date: Tue Oct 01 2024 - 15:35:48 EST


On dt., d’oct. 01 2024, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 8:32 AM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 17-09-24, 15:42, Miquel Sabaté Solà wrote:
>> > In the parse_perf_domain function, if the call to
>> > of_parse_phandle_with_args returns an error, then the reference to the
>> > CPU device node that was acquired at the start of the function would not
>> > be properly decremented.
>> >
>> > Address this by declaring the variable with the __free(device_node)
>> > cleanup attribute.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <mikisabate@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> > include/linux/cpufreq.h | 6 +-----
>> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
>> > index d4d2f4d1d7cb..aabec598f79a 100644
>> > --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
>> > +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
>> > @@ -1113,10 +1113,9 @@ static inline int parse_perf_domain(int cpu, const char *list_name,
>> > const char *cell_name,
>> > struct of_phandle_args *args)
>> > {
>> > - struct device_node *cpu_np;
>> > int ret;
>> >
>> > - cpu_np = of_cpu_device_node_get(cpu);
>> > + struct device_node *cpu_np __free(device_node) = of_cpu_device_node_get(cpu);
>> > if (!cpu_np)
>> > return -ENODEV;
>> >
>> > @@ -1124,9 +1123,6 @@ static inline int parse_perf_domain(int cpu, const char *list_name,
>> > args);
>> > if (ret < 0)
>> > return ret;
>> > -
>> > - of_node_put(cpu_np);
>> > -
>> > return 0;
>> > }
>>
>> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> --
>
> Applied as 6.12-rc material, thanks!

Great, thanks!

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