Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/9] software_node: Fix failure to hold refcount in software_node_get_next_child

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Oct 20 2020 - 08:44:25 EST


On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 12:59 AM Daniel Scally <djrscally@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The software_node_get_next_child() function currently does not hold a kref
> to the child software_node; fix that.
>
> Fixes: 59abd83672f7 ("drivers: base: Introducing software nodes to the firmware node framework")
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - split out from the full software_node_graph*() patch
>
> drivers/base/swnode.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
> index f01b1cc61..741149b90 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
> @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ software_node_get_next_child(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> c = list_next_entry(c, entry);
> else
> c = list_first_entry(&p->children, struct swnode, entry);
> - return &c->fwnode;
> + return software_node_get(&c->fwnode);
> }
>
> static struct fwnode_handle *
> --

This should be sent as a separate fix AFAICS.