netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: marvell: Fix refcounting bugs in prestera_port_sfp

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:45:29 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Liang He <windhl@....com>
Cc:     tchornyi@...vell.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, linux@...linux.org.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: marvell: Fix refcounting bugs in
 prestera_port_sfp_bind()

On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:06:55 +0800 Liang He wrote:
> In prestera_port_sfp_bind(), there are two refcounting bugs:
> (1) we should call of_node_get() before of_find_node_by_name() as
> it will automaitcally decrease the refcount of 'from' argument;
> (2) we should call of_node_put() for the break of the iteration
> for_each_child_of_node() as it will automatically increase and
> decrease the 'child'.
> 
> Fixes: 52323ef75414 ("net: marvell: prestera: add phylink support")
> Signed-off-by: Liang He <windhl@....com>

Please repost and CC all the authors of the patch under Fixes.