linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/15] ARM: shmobile: fix a leaked reference by addingmissing of_node

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Date:   Fri, 1 Mar 2019 10:51:27 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/15] ARM: shmobile: fix a leaked reference by
 addingmissing of_node_put

On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 9:57 AM Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn> wrote:
> The call to of_get_next_child returns a node pointer with refcount
> incremented thus it must be explicitly decremented after the last
> usage.
>
> Detected by coccinelle with the following warnings:
> ./arch/arm/mach-shmobile/pm-rcar-gen2.c:77:2-8: ERROR: missing of_node_put; acquired a node pointer with refcount incremented on line 66, but without a corresponding object release within this function.
> ./arch/arm/mach-shmobile/pm-rcar-gen2.c:85:2-8: ERROR: missing of_node_put; acquired a node pointer with refcount incremented on line 66, but without a corresponding object release within this function.
> ./arch/arm/mach-shmobile/pm-rcar-gen2.c:90:2-8: ERROR: missing of_node_put; acquired a node pointer with refcount incremented on line 66, but without a corresponding object release within this function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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