linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: gianfar: Add of_node

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Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:13:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sylphrenadin@...il.com
Cc:     claudiu.manoil@....com, kuba@...nel.org, Julia.Lawall@...6.fr,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: gianfar: Add of_node_put() before goto statement

From: Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:22:41 +0530

> Every iteration of for_each_available_child_of_node() decrements
> reference count of the previous node, however when control
> is transferred from the middle of the loop, as in the case of
> a return or break or goto, there is no decrement thus ultimately
> resulting in a memory leak.
> 
> Fix a potential memory leak in gianfar.c by inserting of_node_put()
> before the goto statement.
> 
> Issue found with Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin@...il.com>

These OF iterators are so error prone...

Applied, thanks.