linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: core: fix device reference leak in mfd_clone

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Message-ID: <20161116100622.GB4864@localhost>
Date:   Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:06:22 +0100
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: core: fix device reference leak in mfd_clone_cell

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 09:59:44AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Nov 2016, Johan Hovold wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 06:25:01PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > On Tue, 01 Nov 2016, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Make sure to drop the reference taken by bus_find_device_by_name()
> > > > before returning from mfd_clone_cell().
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: a9bbba996302 ("mfd: add platform_device sharing support for mfd")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c | 2 ++
> > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > Applied, thanks.
> > 
> > I do not see this one in linux-next (or your tree). Did you forget to
> > push?
> 
> Since I tend to flit between maintaining and real-work, I tend to bulk
> push once I have a bunch of fixes/updates.  Your fix should appear in
> -next tomorrow.  The plan is to have it in upstream by next week.

Sounds good, thanks for the explanation.

Johan