Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: hellcreek: fix device_node leak in hellcreek_led_setup()

From: Xia Yan

Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 03:59:51 EST


On 11/6/26 16:51, netdev-bot+sinfo wrote:
> - Whether the issue was actually triggered, or is only theoretical
> (e.g. found by code inspection). If it was triggered please include
> the symptoms, like the stack trace or error messages.

Hi,

The leak was not hit at runtime. I found it by code inspection while
reviewing the OF node handling in DSA drivers, as the commit message
notes. There is no stack trace: the effect would be one device_node
reference leaked per probe and never released.

Thanks,
Xia Yan