[PATCH] arm/mach-omap2: Fix refcount leak bug in omap_hwmod.c
Krzysztof Kozlowski
krzk at kernel.org
Wed Jun 22 02:00:21 PDT 2022
On 18/06/2022 03:47, Liang He wrote:
> In _init(), of_find_node_by_name() will return a node pointer with
> refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() in fail path or
> when it is not used anymore.
>
> NOTE: As the ref will be passed from 'bus' to 'np' by the xx_lookup(),
> in normal exit path, we should call of_node_put() at the end use of 'np',
> not the end use of 'bus'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liang He <windhl at 126.com>
> ---
> arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
Before applying the patch please check it carefully. Previous evidence
[1][2] suggests that not it was not even compiled.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/202206221602.odN70SHs-lkp@intel.com/
[2]
https://lore.kernel.org/all/16f9a971.44e5.1817068ee3c.Coremail.windhl@126.com/
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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