linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm: sti: fix device leaks at component probe

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Message-ID: <d1c2e56b-2ef9-4ab1-a4f8-3834d1857386@web.de>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 18:16:47 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Alain Volmat <alain.volmat@...s.st.com>,
 Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...labora.com>,
 David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
 Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
 Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
 Raphael Gallais-Pou <rgallaispou@...il.com>, Simona Vetter
 <simona@...ll.ch>, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: sti: fix device leaks at component probe

> Make sure to drop the references taken to the vtg devices by

                                                VTG device?


> of_find_device_by_node() when looking up their driver data during
> component probe.
…

How do you think about to increase the application of scope-based resource management?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.17-rc7/source/include/linux/device.h#L1180

Can a summary phrase like “Prevent device leak in of_vtg_find()” be nicer?

Regards,
Markus