linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 024/108] cpuidle: big.LITTLE: fix refcount leak

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Date:   Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:43:20 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 024/108] cpuidle: big.LITTLE: fix refcount leak

3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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[ Upstream commit 9456823c842f346c74265fcd98d008d87a7eb6f5 ]

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>
Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c
index fbc00a1d3c48..355dc3d9cb35 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ static int __init bl_idle_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct device_node *root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
+	const struct of_device_id *match_id;
 
 	if (!root)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -182,7 +183,11 @@ 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))
+	match_id = of_match_node(compatible_machine_match, root);
+
+	of_node_put(root);
+
+	if (!match_id)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	/*
 	 * For now the differentiation between little and big cores
-- 
2.19.1