linux-kernel - Re: auxdisplay: ht16k33: Drop device node reference after registration failure in ht16k33_led

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 20:15:35 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, Marek Behún
 <kabel@...nel.org>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
 Robin van der Gracht <robin@...tonic.nl>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: auxdisplay: ht16k33: Drop device node reference after
 registration failure in ht16k33_led_probe()

> But, by design we don't use reference counting after we registered LED,
> hence both error and successful paths need to have this,

Do you indicate really special data processing constraints here?


> so add another fwnode_handle_put() after this branch.

Will this suggestion trigger any further clarifications for the affected software?

Regards,
Markus