linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: of: Add of_node

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:47:01 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     lgirdwood@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: of: Add of_node_put() before return in
 function

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 02:02:31PM +0530, Nishka Dasgupta wrote:
> The local variable search in regulator_of_get_init_node takes the value
> returned by either of_get_child_by_name or of_node_get, both of which
> get a node. If this node is not put before returning, it could cause a
> memory leak. Hence put search before a mid-loop return statement.
> Issue found with Coccinelle.

> -		if (!strcmp(desc->of_match, name))
> +		if (!strcmp(desc->of_match, name)) {
> +			of_node_put(search);
>  			return of_node_get(child);
> +		}

Why not just remove the extra of_node_get() and a comment explaining why
it's not needed?

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