Re: [PATCH 1/3] PCI: mvebu: Simplify with scoped for each OF child loop

From: Manivannan Sadhasivam

Date: Mon Feb 16 2026 - 10:15:54 EST


On Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 10:35:02AM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 13:49:01 +0100
> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Use scoped for-each loop when iterating over device nodes to make code a
> > bit simpler.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi Krzysztof,
>
> Drive by review. Your changes are functionally equivalent and lgtm.
> However, I am curious at whether the lack of reference count for child
> when stashed in port->dn (and then used in the for loop) is a potential
> issue.
>

Looks like it. But the current code doesn't drop the reference either :/

- Mani

> Jonathan
>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c | 10 ++++------
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
> > index a72aa57591c0..4d3c97b62fe0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
> > @@ -1452,7 +1452,6 @@ static int mvebu_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > struct mvebu_pcie *pcie;
> > struct pci_host_bridge *bridge;
> > struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
> > - struct device_node *child;
> > int num, i, ret;
> >
> > bridge = devm_pci_alloc_host_bridge(dev, sizeof(struct mvebu_pcie));
> > @@ -1474,16 +1473,14 @@ static int mvebu_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > i = 0;
> > - for_each_available_child_of_node(np, child) {
> > + for_each_available_child_of_node_scoped(np, child) {
> > struct mvebu_pcie_port *port = &pcie->ports[i];
> >
> > ret = mvebu_pcie_parse_port(pcie, port, child);
> > - if (ret < 0) {
> > - of_node_put(child);
> > + if (ret < 0)
> > return ret;
> > - } else if (ret == 0) {
> > + else if (ret == 0)
> > continue;
> > - }
> >
> > port->dn = child;
> > i++;
> > @@ -1493,6 +1490,7 @@ static int mvebu_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > for (i = 0; i < pcie->nports; i++) {
> > struct mvebu_pcie_port *port = &pcie->ports[i];
> > int irq = port->intx_irq;
> > + struct device_node *child;
> >
> > child = port->dn;
> > if (!child)
>

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