Re: [PATCH] staging: vchiq_arm: Fix missing refcount decrement in error path for fw_node

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 14/10/2024 09:22, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> @@ -1341,8 +1342,6 @@ static int vchiq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  	if (!info)
>>  		return -EINVAL;
>>  
>> -	fw_node = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL,
>> -					  "raspberrypi,bcm2835-firmware");
> 
> Perhaps it's better to declare the variable here so that the function and the
> error handling are next to each other.
> 
> 	if (!info)
> 		return -EINVAL;
> 
> 	struct device_node *fw_node __free(device_node) =
> 		of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "raspberrypi,bcm2835-firmware");
> 	if (!fw_node) {
> 
> 	...
> 
> This is why we lifted the rule that variables had to be declared at the start
> of a function.
> 


Ack, this is how this should look like.

Best regards,
Krzysztof