linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] cpufreq: ppc_cbe: fix possible object reference leak

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Message-ID: <efe8fb3a-eb4a-a50a-c53a-0879a912fbd8@web.de>
Date:   Tue, 2 Apr 2019 12:43:14 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Yi Wang <wang.yi59@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] cpufreq: ppc_cbe: fix possible object reference leak

> The call to of_get_cpu_node returns a node pointer with refcount
> incremented thus it must be explicitly decremented after the last
> usage.

I would prefer a wording like the following.

A reference counter was incremented for a CPU node by a call of
the function “of_get_cpu_node”.
Thus decrement it after the last usage.

> Detected by coccinelle with the following warnings:

I wonder about the shown duplicate notification.
Can a single message be sufficient for the code search result
in this source file?

Regards,
Markus