[PATCH v2 2/6] ASoC: aoa: Use helper function for_each_child_of_node_scoped()
Ai Chao
aichao at kylinos.cn
Mon May 26 01:20:37 PDT 2025
Hi Johannes:
>> Hi Johannes:
>>
>>>> "simplifies the code" is no need to callof_node_put() .
>>> Fair. Except that's not what you _actually_ changed here. Like I said,
>>> either it's buggy before or after.
>>>
>> In the function i2sbus_probe, it not return a struct device_node, so , I
>> think function for_each_child_of_node_scoped is better than
>> for_each_child_of_node.
> You still haven't explained why it's even correct.
>
> johannes
The for_each_child_of_node() function is used to iterate over all child
nodes of a device tree node.
During each iteration, it retrieves a pointer to the child node via
of_get_next_child() and automatically increments the node's reference
count (of_node_get()).
Each call to of_get_next_child() increases the reference count
(refcount) of the returned child node, ensuring that the node is not
freed while in use.
for_each_child_of_node() increments the child node's reference count in
each iteration but does not decrement it automatically.
If of_node_put() is not called manually, the reference count will never
reach zero, resulting in a memory leak of the node.
Best regards,
Ai Chao
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