Re: [PATCH] i2c: Fix reference leak in of_i2c_register_devices

[Christophe JAILLET]

Le 06/04/2025 à 15:48, Sunny Patel a écrit :
> Fix a potential reference leak in of_i2c_register_devices where the
> reference to the node is not released if device registration fails.
> This ensures proper reference management and avoids memory leaks.

There is no early exit path in the for_each_available_child_of_node() 
block, so of_node_put((node) is called for all the nodes that are iterated.

Can you elaborate and explain how the reference leak can occur?

CJ

> Signed-off-by: Sunny Patel <nueralspacetech@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
> index 02feee6c9ba9..7c50905de8f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
> @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ void of_i2c_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
>   				 "Failed to create I2C device for %pOF\n",
>   				 node);
>   			of_node_clear_flag(node, OF_POPULATED);
> +			of_node_put(node);
>   		}
>   	}
>