linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: highbank: Fix refcount leak in highbank

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Date:   Thu, 12 May 2022 08:56:59 +0100
From:   Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>
To:     Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
Cc:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
        Jamie Iles <jamie@...ieiles.com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: highbank: Fix refcount leak in highbank_init

On Thu, 12 May 2022 07:12:58 +0400
Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com> wrote:

Hi,

> of_find_compatible_node() returns a node pointer with refcount
> incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done.
> Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.
> 
> Fixes: 220e6cf7b793 ("ARM: add Highbank core platform support")
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>

That is basically the same patch as this one:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20220408094817.2494756-1-lv.ruyi@zte.com.cn/

Arnd, Olof, can you please take the older one through the soc tree? Maybe
adding the Fixes tag from this one?

Thanks,
Andre

> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
> index db607955a7e4..af9488854fe3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
> @@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ static void __init highbank_init(void)
>  	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "calxeda,hb-sregs");
>  	sregs_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
>  	WARN_ON(!sregs_base);
> +	of_node_put(np);
>  
>  	pm_power_off = highbank_power_off;
>  	highbank_pm_init();