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Message-ID: <56544C16.2070209@ti.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:37:58 +0200
From:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
To:	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
CC:	<kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] video: omapdss: delete unneeded of_node_put



On 12/10/15 23:43, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Device node iterators perform an of_node_put on each iteration, so putting
> an of_node_put before a continue results in a double put.
> 
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr):
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression root,e;
> local idexpression child;
> iterator i;
> @@
> 
>  i(..., child, ...) {
>    ... when != of_node_get(child)
> *  of_node_put(child);
>    ...
> *  continue;
> }
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/omapdss-boot-init.c |    4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

Thanks, queued for 4.5.

 Tomi


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