linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mailbox: omap: fix reference count leak in omap_mbox

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Message-ID: <969082ca-8af4-420e-992d-c6f4cc79f6c6@web.de>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:15:48 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@...il.com>, Suman Anna <s-anna@...com>,
 Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mailbox: omap: fix reference count leak in
 omap_mbox_probe()

…
> 1. Using goto-based error handling to ensure of_node_put(child) is
>    called on all error paths within the loop
> 2. Adding of_node_put(child) after the loop completes normally to
>    release the last child node reference

How do you think about to increase the application of scope-based resource management
with another patch?

Regards,
Markus