netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: sja1105: sja1105_main: Add of_node

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Message-Id: <20190723.133856.860402214064308020.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:38:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     nishkadg.linux@...il.com
Cc:     olteanv@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: sja1105: sja1105_main: Add of_node_put()

From: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:14:48 +0530

> Each iteration of for_each_child_of_node puts the previous node, but in
> the case of a return from the middle of the loop, there is no put, thus
> causing a memory leak. Hence add an of_node_put before the return.
> Issue found with Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@...il.com>

Applied.

Again, the semantics of these looping constructs are terrible.