Re: [PATCH v2] power: supply: max17042: fix OF node reference imbalance

From: Johan Hovold

Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 02:33:15 EST


Hi Sebastian,

On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 02:33:38PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> The driver reuses the OF node of the parent multi-function device but
> fails to take another reference to balance the one dropped by the
> platform bus code when unbinding the MFD and deregistering the child
> devices.
>
> Fix this by using the intended helper for reusing OF nodes.
>
> Fixes: 0cd4f1f77ad4 ("power: supply: max17042: add platform driver variant")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 6.14
> Cc: Dzmitry Sankouski <dsankouski@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - add missing driver name to patch summary prefix

Can this one be picked up now?

Johan