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

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:17:52 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     nishkadg.linux@...il.com, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: sja1105: sja1105_main: Add of_node_put()

On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 23:38, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> 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.

Strange.
Thanks for the fix.

-Vladimir