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Date:	Thu,  7 Aug 2014 23:48:24 +0200
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Li Yang <leoli@...escale.com>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] net: ucc_geth: drop acquired references in probe error path and remove

The ucc_geth_probe function assigns to ug_info->tbi_node and
ug_info->phy_node a value returned by of_parse_phandle which returns a
new reference. Put this reference again in the error path of
ucc_geth_probe and when removing the device.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
---
No Fixes: footer here. The problem already exists in v2.6.31-rc1 (e.g.
commit 0b9da337dca9 (net: Rework ucc_geth driver to use of_mdio
infrastructure)). Didn't continue to research a specific commit.
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
index 36fc429298e3..5f1aab9c4ee7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
@@ -3864,8 +3864,11 @@ static int ucc_geth_probe(struct platform_device* ofdev)
 	/* Create an ethernet device instance */
 	dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*ugeth));
 
-	if (dev == NULL)
+	if (dev == NULL) {
+		of_node_put(ug_info->tbi_node);
+		of_node_put(ug_info->phy_node);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	ugeth = netdev_priv(dev);
 	spin_lock_init(&ugeth->lock);
@@ -3899,6 +3902,8 @@ static int ucc_geth_probe(struct platform_device* ofdev)
 			pr_err("%s: Cannot register net device, aborting\n",
 			       dev->name);
 		free_netdev(dev);
+		of_node_put(ug_info->tbi_node);
+		of_node_put(ug_info->phy_node);
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -3922,6 +3927,8 @@ static int ucc_geth_remove(struct platform_device* ofdev)
 	unregister_netdev(dev);
 	free_netdev(dev);
 	ucc_geth_memclean(ugeth);
+	of_node_put(ugeth->info->tbi_node);
+	of_node_put(ugeth->info->phy_node);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.0.1

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