Re: [PATCH v3 05/10] device property: Add a function to obtain a node's prefix

From: Sakari Ailus
Date: Mon Sep 02 2019 - 03:29:30 EST


Hi Andy,

On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 03:46:57PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 01:10:38PM +0300, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > The prefix is used for printing purpose before a node, and it also works
> > as a separator between two nodes.
>
> > + /* Is this the root node? */
> > + parent = fwnode_get_parent(fwnode);
> > + if (!parent)
> > + return "";
> > +
> > + /* Is this 2nd node from the root? */
> > + parent = fwnode_get_next_parent(parent);
> > + if (!parent)
>
> Can we theoretically have a case when we got parent != NULL and thus taken
> reference, while the 2nd one is NULL and we leak reference here (and in all
> similar places)?

fwnode_get_next_parent() releases that reference unconditionally.

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