linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] cpuidle: big.LITTLE: add of_node

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Date:   Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:31:37 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Frank Lee <tiny.windzz@...il.com>
Cc:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        lorenzo.pieralisi@....com, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] cpuidle: big.LITTLE: add of_node_put()

On Sunday, December 9, 2018 7:20:26 AM CET Frank Lee wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 12:14 AM Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > of_find_node_by_path() acquires a reference to the node
> > returned by it and that reference needs to be dropped by its caller.
> > bl_idle_init() doesn't do that, so fix it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>
> > ---
> > Changes in v3:
> > -update changelog
> > ---
> >  drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c | 6 +++++-
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c
> > index db2ede565f1a..650f063ef809 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c
> > +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c
> > @@ -174,8 +174,12 @@ static int __init bl_idle_init(void)
> >         /*
> >          * Initialize the driver just for a compliant set of machines
> >          */
> > -       if (!of_match_node(compatible_machine_match, root))
> > +       if (!of_match_node(compatible_machine_match, root)){
> > +               of_node_put(root);
> >                 return -ENODEV;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       of_node_put(root);
> >
> >         if (!mcpm_is_available())
> >                 return -EUNATCH;
> > --
> > 2.17.0
> >
> ping......

I've been waiting for the maintainers of this driver to speak up.

I'll pick up the patch later today or tomorrow unless there are objections.

Thanks,
Rafael