netdev - Re: [PATCH V2] fsl/fman: add missing put_devcie() call in fman_port

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Date:   Wed, 4 Nov 2020 17:31:20 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Cc:     <madalin.bucur@....com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <florinel.iordache@....com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] fsl/fman: add missing put_devcie() call in
 fman_port_probe()

On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 19:23:23 +0800 Yu Kuai wrote:
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
> @@ -1792,20 +1792,21 @@ static int fman_port_probe(struct platform_device *of_dev)
>  	if (!fm_node) {
>  		dev_err(port->dev, "%s: of_get_parent() failed\n", __func__);
>  		err = -ENODEV;
> -		goto return_err;
> +		goto free_port;
>  	}
>  
> +	of_node_put(port_node);
>  	fm_pdev = of_find_device_by_node(fm_node);
>  	of_node_put(fm_node);
>  	if (!fm_pdev) {
>  		err = -EINVAL;
> -		goto return_err;
> +		goto free_port;
>  	}

This is not right either. I just asked you fix up the order of the
error path, not move the of_node_put() in the body of the function. 

Now you're releasing the reference on the object and still use it after.