linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: Fix reference count leak in slave

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Message-ID: <Z9qgL357o5bfzQfm@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:45:03 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Fix reference count leak in slave_show()

On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 12:44:33PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 11:23:04AM +0800, Miaoqian Lin wrote:

...

> >  	struct device *child;
> > +	int ret;
> >  
> >  	child = device_find_any_child(&ctlr->dev);
> > -	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", child ? to_spi_device(child)->modalias : NULL);
> > +	ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", child ? to_spi_device(child)->modalias : NULL);
> > +	put_device(child);
> > +
> > +	return ret;
> 
> Can be written better in case of NULL:
> 
> 	child = device_find_any_child(&ctlr->dev);
> 	if (child)
> 		return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", child ? to_spi_device(child)->modalias);

Of course this has to be

		return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", to_spi_device(child)->modalias);

> 
> 	put_device(child);
> 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", NULL);
> 
> No variable needed.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko