[PATCH v2 1/9] firmware: arm_scmi: Fix OF node reference handling

Sudeep Holla sudeep.holla at kernel.org
Mon May 25 13:42:39 PDT 2026


SCMI devices store the DT node in dev.of_node through
device_set_node(), but that helper only assigns the fwnode and
of_node pointers without taking an OF node reference.

Take a reference when assigning the node and release it from the
SCMI device release path. With the device owning that reference,
remove the separate channel-side get/put pair from the core driver.

Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c    | 3 ++-
 drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
index 793be9eabaed..7de45533b4c7 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ static void scmi_device_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct scmi_device *scmi_dev = to_scmi_dev(dev);
 
+	of_node_put(scmi_dev->dev.of_node);
 	kfree_const(scmi_dev->name);
 	kfree(scmi_dev);
 }
@@ -465,7 +466,7 @@ __scmi_device_create(struct device_node *np, struct device *parent,
 	scmi_dev->id = id;
 	scmi_dev->protocol_id = protocol;
 	scmi_dev->dev.parent = parent;
-	device_set_node(&scmi_dev->dev, of_fwnode_handle(np));
+	device_set_node(&scmi_dev->dev, of_fwnode_handle(of_node_get(np)));
 	scmi_dev->dev.bus = &scmi_bus_type;
 	scmi_dev->dev.release = scmi_device_release;
 	dev_set_name(&scmi_dev->dev, "scmi_dev.%d", id);
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index f167194f7cf6..e04cb55e866a 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -2748,13 +2748,11 @@ static int scmi_chan_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device_node *of_node,
 		devm_kfree(info->dev, cinfo);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	of_node_get(of_node);
 
 	cinfo->id = prot_id;
 	cinfo->dev = &tdev->dev;
 	ret = info->desc->ops->chan_setup(cinfo, info->dev, tx);
 	if (ret) {
-		of_node_put(of_node);
 		scmi_device_destroy(info->dev, prot_id, name);
 		devm_kfree(info->dev, cinfo);
 		return ret;
@@ -2777,7 +2775,6 @@ static int scmi_chan_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device_node *of_node,
 			"unable to allocate SCMI idr slot err %d\n", ret);
 		/* Destroy channel and device only if created by this call. */
 		if (tdev) {
-			of_node_put(of_node);
 			scmi_device_destroy(info->dev, prot_id, name);
 			devm_kfree(info->dev, cinfo);
 		}
@@ -2862,7 +2859,6 @@ static int scmi_chan_destroy(int id, void *p, void *idr)
 		struct scmi_info *info = handle_to_scmi_info(cinfo->handle);
 		struct scmi_device *sdev = to_scmi_dev(cinfo->dev);
 
-		of_node_put(cinfo->dev->of_node);
 		scmi_device_destroy(info->dev, id, sdev->name);
 		cinfo->dev = NULL;
 	}

-- 
2.43.0




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