linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] backlight: lm3630a_bl: Put fwnode in error case during ->probe()

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Date:   Mon, 10 May 2021 06:41:58 -0400
From:   Brian Masney <masneyb@...tation.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>, Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] backlight: lm3630a_bl: Put fwnode in error case
 during ->probe()

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 12:57:16PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> device_for_each_child_node() bumps a reference counting of a returned variable.
> We have to balance it whenever we return to the caller.
> 
> Fixes: 8fbce8efe15cd ("backlight: lm3630a: Add firmware node support")
> Cc: Brian Masney <masneyb@...tation.org>
> Cc: Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Brian Masney <masneyb@...tation.org>