linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] input/serio: Fix refcount leak bug in i8042-sparcio

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Date:   Fri, 8 Jul 2022 21:49:23 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Liang He <windhl@....com>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] input/serio: Fix refcount leak bug in i8042-sparcio

Hi Liang,

On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 03:30:36PM +0800, Liang He wrote:
> In i8042_platform_init() and i8042_platform_exit(), we need call
> of_node_put() to keep refcount balance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liang He <windhl@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/input/serio/i8042-sparcio.h | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/i8042-sparcio.h b/drivers/input/serio/i8042-sparcio.h
> index fce76812843b..a2a9db9220d7 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/serio/i8042-sparcio.h
> +++ b/drivers/input/serio/i8042-sparcio.h
> @@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ static int __init i8042_platform_init(void)
>  	struct device_node *root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
>  	const char *name = of_get_property(root, "name", NULL);
>  
> +	of_node_put(root);
> +
>  	if (name && !strcmp(name, "SUNW,JavaStation-1")) {
>  		/* Hardcoded values for MrCoffee.  */
>  		i8042_kbd_irq = i8042_aux_irq = 13 | 0x20;
> @@ -139,6 +141,8 @@ static inline void i8042_platform_exit(void)
>  	struct device_node *root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
>  	const char *name = of_get_property(root, "name", NULL);
>  
> +	of_node_put(root);
> +
>  	if (!name || strcmp(name, "SUNW,JavaStation-1"))
>  		platform_driver_unregister(&sparc_i8042_driver);
>  }

There already was an attempt to fix this issue in a slightly better way,
unfortunately the original author did not finish the work:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20181212163548.23723-1-tiny.windzz@gmail.com/

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry