linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] char: hw_random: Fix a reference count leak.

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Message-ID: <20200616073142.GA30519@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:31:42 +1000
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Lukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
Cc:     wu000273@....edu, kjlu@....edu, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] char: hw_random: Fix a reference count leak.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 03:18:54PM +0200, Lukasz Stelmach wrote:
>
> I believe this fix has already been submitted
> 
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20200522011659.26727-1-dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn/T/#u
> 
> It hasn't been applied though. Anyway, thank you for your work.
> 
> Herbert, could you take a look at the Dinghao's patch, please?

It was part of a number of patches that did similar things.  The
general conclusion was that it should call put_noidle instead.

See

	https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11574843/

Cheers,
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