[PATCH v1] ARM: socfpga: Fix OF node refcount leak in SMP setup
Dinh Nguyen
dinguyen at kernel.org
Tue May 26 07:54:47 PDT 2026
Hi Yuho,
On 5/24/26 21:47, Yuho Choi wrote:
> socfpga_smp_prepare_cpus() looks up the Cortex-A9 SCU node with
> of_find_compatible_node(), which returns a node reference that must be
> released with of_node_put().
>
> The function maps the SCU registers and then returns without dropping
> that reference, leaking the node on both the success path and the
> of_iomap() failure path.
>
> Drop the reference once the mapping attempt is complete. The returned
> MMIO mapping does not depend on keeping the device node reference held.
>
> Fixes: 122694a0c712 ("ARM: socfpga: use of_iomap to map the SCU")
> Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129 at gmail.com>
I'll add "Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org" here, but please remember to add
this for future patches that have the Fixes tag.
Thanks,
Dinh
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