linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: meson_sm: fix device leak at probe

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Message-ID: <0d471827-16f2-4eb4-9212-82ca20a1c0ba@linaro.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 14:20:33 +0200
From: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>, Jerome Brunet
 <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
 Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
 Carlo Caione <ccaione@...libre.com>, linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: meson_sm: fix device leak at probe

On 27/08/2025 11:50, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 09:40:19AM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
>> Make sure to drop the reference to the secure monitor device taken by
>> of_find_device_by_node() when looking up its driver data on behalf of
>> other drivers (e.g. during probe).
>>
>> Note that holding a reference to the platform device does not prevent
>> its driver data from going away so there is no point in keeping the
>> reference after the helper returns.
>>
>> Fixes: 8cde3c2153e8 ("firmware: meson_sm: Rework driver as a proper platform driver")
>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org	# 5.5
>> Cc: Carlo Caione <ccaione@...libre.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> 
> Can someone pick this one up (along with the compile-test patch)?

I'll pick it.

Neil

> 
> Johan