linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] soc: imx: soc-imx8: Avoid unnecessary of_node

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Message-ID: <AM0PR04MB6434C99FC1B4F12477F94064EE070@AM0PR04MB6434.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 May 2019 11:03:57 +0000
From:   Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@....com>
To:     Anson Huang <anson.huang@....com>,
        "shawnguo@...nel.org" <shawnguo@...nel.org>
CC:     "s.hauer@...gutronix.de" <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        "kernel@...gutronix.de" <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        "festevam@...il.com" <festevam@...il.com>,
        Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@....com>,
        "viresh.kumar@...aro.org" <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] soc: imx: soc-imx8: Avoid unnecessary of_node_put()
 in error handling

On 5/21/2019 12:18 PM, Anson Huang wrote:
> of_node_put() is called after of_match_node() successfully called,
> then in the following error handling, of_node_put() is called again
> which is unnecessary, this patch adjusts the location of of_node_put()
> to avoid such scenario.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@....com>

For both:

Reviewed-by: Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@....com>

I was thinking that maybe you could of_node_put as soon as you were done 
with it but the model is read straight into soc_dev_attr so just freeing 
everything at the end makes more sense.