linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mfd: twl4030-audio: fix sibling-node lookup

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Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2017 19:07:43 +0100
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mfd: twl4030-audio: fix sibling-node lookup

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 10:13:42PM +0200, Peter Ujfalusi wrote:
> On 11/11/2017 05:38 PM, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > A helper purported to look up a child node based on its name was using
> > the wrong of-helper and ended up prematurely freeing the parent of-node
> > while leaking any matching node.
> > 
> > To make things worse, any matching node would not even necessarily be a
> > child node as the whole device tree was searched depth-first starting at
> > the parent.
> 
> I think it is the same case as with the twl6040, there were no
> of_get_child_by_name() when this was done...
> 
> Thanks for fixing it!
> 
> Acked-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>

Thanks for the acks.

Johan