linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rpmsg: fix possible refcount leak in rpmsg_register_device

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Date:   Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:43:51 -0600
From:   Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@...il.com>, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rpmsg: fix possible refcount leak in rpmsg_register_device_override()

On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 at 11:45, Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On 24/06/2022 19:36, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 10:41:20AM +0800, Hangyu Hua wrote:
> >> rpmsg_register_device_override need to call put_device to free vch when
> >> driver_set_override fails.
> >>
> >> Fix this by adding a put_device() to the error path.
> >>
> >> Fixes: bb17d110cbf2 ("rpmsg: Fix calling device_lock() on non-initialized device")
> >
> > This is funny... Neither Bjorn nor I have reviewed this patch...
>
> It was a fix for commit in Greg's tree and Greg's pick it up after a
> week or something. I am not sure if that's actually funny that Greg has
> to pick it up without review :(
>

The patch was sent out on April 19th and committed 3 days later on
April 22nd.  Is 3 days the new patch review time standard?

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof