linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slimbus: ngd: Fix reference count leak in qcom_slim_ngd_notify

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Message-ID: <aRRxZCWCWMFD23b4@vaman>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:07:08 +0530
From: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@....qualcomm.com>
Cc: Srinivas Kandagatla <srini@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slimbus: ngd: Fix reference count leak in
 qcom_slim_ngd_notify_slaves

On 12-11-25, 10:09, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/12/25 5:13 AM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:06:01 +0800, Miaoqian Lin wrote:
> >> The function qcom_slim_ngd_notify_slaves() calls of_slim_get_device() which
> >> internally uses device_find_child() to obtain a device reference.
> >> According to the device_find_child() documentation,
> >> the caller must drop the reference with put_device() after use.
> >>
> >> Found via static analysis and this is similar to commit 4e65bda8273c
> >> ("ASoC: wcd934x: fix error handling in wcd934x_codec_parse_data()")
> >>
> >> [...]
> > 
> > Applied, thanks!
> 
> These are slimbus patches? any reason why they are going via soundwire tree?

My mistake, sorry :-( dropped now

-- 
~Vinod