[PATCHv2 01/11] arm: arch_timer: balance device_node refcounting

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Wed Jan 9 11:07:10 EST 2013


When we get the device_node for the arch timer, it's refcount is
automatically incremented in of_find_matching_node, but it is
never decremented.

This patch decrements the refcount on the node after we're finished
using it.

Reported-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c
index c8ef207..6dd73c6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ int __init arch_timer_of_register(void)
 	for (i = PHYS_SECURE_PPI; i < MAX_TIMER_PPI; i++)
 		arch_timer_ppi[i] = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, i);
 
+	of_node_put(np);
+
 	/*
 	 * If no interrupt provided for virtual timer, we'll have to
 	 * stick to the physical timer. It'd better be accessible...
-- 
1.7.0.4





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