[PATCH 3/6] powerpc/powernv: add missing of_node_put

Julia Lawall Julia.Lawall at lip6.fr
Sat Nov 21 07:33:21 AEDT 2015


for_each_compatible_node performs an of_node_get on each iteration, so
a break out of the loop requires an of_node_put.

A simplified version of the semantic patch that fixes this problem is as
follows (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr):

// <smpl>
@@
local idexpression n;
expression e;
@@

 for_each_compatible_node(n,...) {
   ...
(
   of_node_put(n);
|
   e = n
|
+  of_node_put(n);
?  break;
)
   ...
 }
... when != n
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall at lip6.fr>

---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-lpc.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-lpc.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-lpc.c
index e4169d6..d28c4a9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-lpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-lpc.c
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ void opal_lpc_init(void)
 		if (!of_get_property(np, "primary", NULL))
 			continue;
 		opal_lpc_chip_id = of_get_ibm_chip_id(np);
+		of_node_put(np);
 		break;
 	}
 	if (opal_lpc_chip_id < 0)



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