[PATCH] cache: starfive: fix device node leak in starlink_cache_init()

From: Felix Gu

Date: Fri Jan 30 2026 - 12:23:56 EST


of_find_matching_node() returns a device_node with refcount incremented.

Use __free(device_node) attribute to automatically call of_node_put()
when the variable goes out of scope, preventing the refcount leak.

Fixes: cabff60ca77d ("cache: Add StarFive StarLink cache management")
Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cache/starfive_starlink_cache.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cache/starfive_starlink_cache.c b/drivers/cache/starfive_starlink_cache.c
index 24c7d078ca22..3a25d2d7c70c 100644
--- a/drivers/cache/starfive_starlink_cache.c
+++ b/drivers/cache/starfive_starlink_cache.c
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ static const struct of_device_id starlink_cache_ids[] = {

static int __init starlink_cache_init(void)
{
- struct device_node *np;
u32 block_size;
int ret;

- np = of_find_matching_node(NULL, starlink_cache_ids);
+ struct device_node *np __free(device_node) =
+ of_find_matching_node(NULL, starlink_cache_ids);
if (!of_device_is_available(np))
return -ENODEV;


---
base-commit: 33a647c659ffa5bdb94abc345c8c86768ff96215
change-id: 20260131-starlink-b23bf5ac7323

Best regards,
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Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>