linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH] backlight: lm3509_bl: Fix early returns in for_each_child_of

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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:50:07 +0100
From: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
To: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, 
 Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>, 
 Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>, Helge Deller <deller@....de>, 
 Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@...il.com>
Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>, 
 Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH] backlight: lm3509_bl: Fix early returns in
 for_each_child_of_node()

On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:30:50 +0200, Javier Carrasco wrote:
> The for_each_child_of_node() macro automatically decrements the child
> refcount at the end of every iteration. On early exits, of_node_put()
> must be used to manually decrement the refcount and avoid memory leaks.
> 
> The scoped version of the macro accounts for such early breaks, fixing
> the early exits without the need for explicit calls to of_node_put().
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] backlight: lm3509_bl: Fix early returns in for_each_child_of_node()
      commit: b337cc3ce47549528fc3ee0b8c7ebd33348a3126

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]