linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] pinctrl: pistachio: fix leaked of

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Date:   Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:34:37 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        wang.yi59@....com.cn,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] pinctrl: pistachio: fix leaked of_node references

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 8:01 AM Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn> wrote:

> The call to of_get_child_by_name returns a node pointer with refcount
> incremented thus it must be explicitly decremented after the last
> usage.
>
> Detected by coccinelle with the following warnings:
> ./drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-pistachio.c:1422:1-7: ERROR: missing of_node_put; acquired a node pointer with refcount incremented on line 1360, but without a corresponding object release within this function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij