linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: ti: fix OF child-node lookup

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Date:   Wed, 29 Aug 2018 09:50:07 +0200
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, Tero Kristo <t-kristo@...com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: ti: fix OF child-node lookup

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 03:32:03PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Johan Hovold (2018-08-22 02:03:19)
> > Fix child-node lookup which by using the wrong OF helper was searching
> > the whole tree depth-first, something which could end up matching an
> > unrelated node.
> > 
> > Also fix the related node-reference leaks.
> > 
> > Fixes: 5b385a45e001 ("clk: ti: add support for clkctrl aliases")
> 
> Found by inspection? Or it's actively causing problems? I'm thinking
> it's the former so this can bake in clk-next for a while.

Right, through inspection. I fixed up most of these last year, but this
one managed to sneak in since then.

clk-next should be fine.

Thanks,
Johan