Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: sja1105: sja1105_main: Add of_node_put()

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Wed Jul 24 2019 - 06:18:06 EST


On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 23:38, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:14:48 +0530
>
> > Each iteration of for_each_child_of_node puts the previous node, but in
> > the case of a return from the middle of the loop, there is no put, thus
> > causing a memory leak. Hence add an of_node_put before the return.
> > Issue found with Coccinelle.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Applied.
>
> Again, the semantics of these looping constructs are terrible.

Strange.
Thanks for the fix.

-Vladimir