linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: auxiliary bus: fix OF node leak

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Message-ID: <243cd364-e1c3-4d4d-9ef4-32d5ddb58a03@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 16:39:10 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
 Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
 Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: auxiliary bus: fix OF node leak

On 7/8/25 10:46 AM, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Make sure to drop the OF node reference taken when creating an auxiliary
> device using auxiliary_device_create() when the device is later
> released.
> 
> Fixes: eaa0d30216c1 ("driver core: auxiliary bus: add device creation helpers")
> Cc: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>