linux-kernel - Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH v3 06/24] drm/sun4i: Fix releasing node when enumerating enpoints

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Date:   Sat, 30 Jun 2018 09:09:57 +0800
From:   Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
To:     Jernej Škrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net>
Cc:     Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sean Paul <seanpaul@...omium.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-sunxi <linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH v3 06/24] drm/sun4i: Fix releasing node when
 enumerating enpoints

On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 3:15 AM, Jernej Škrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net> wrote:
> Dne četrtek, 28. junij 2018 ob 03:53:36 CEST je Chen-Yu Tsai napisal(a):
>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net>
> wrote:
>> > sun4i_drv_add_endpoints() has a memory leak since it uses of_node_put()
>> > when remote is equal to NULL and does nothing when remote has a valid
>> > pointer.
>> >
>> > Invert the logic to fix memory leak.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net>
>>
>> Given this is a fix, it should have Fixes and stable tags.
>
> How should be this handled given that the patch is already merged and cannot
> be dropped?

We can't. We'll have to manually submit it for stable once this lands
in Linus' tree.

ChenYu