[PATCH v4 04/18] powerpc/pseries: add of_node_put() in dlpar_detach_node()

[Rob Herring]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 07:37:24PM -0700, frowand.list at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand at sony.com>
> 
> "of: overlay: add missing of_node_get() in __of_attach_node_sysfs"
> added a missing of_node_get() to __of_attach_node_sysfs().  This
> results in a refcount imbalance for nodes attached with
> dlpar_attach_node().  The calling sequence from dlpar_attach_node()
> to __of_attach_node_sysfs() is:
> 
>    dlpar_attach_node()
>       of_attach_node()
>          __of_attach_node_sysfs()

IIRC, there's a long standing item in the todo (Grant's) to convert the 
open coded dlpar code. Maybe you want to do that first?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand at sony.com>
> ---
> 
> ***** UNTESTED.  I need people with the affected PowerPC systems
> *****            (systems that dynamically allocate and deallocate
> *****            devicetree nodes) to test this patch.

Can't we write a test case that does the same thing?

> 
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
> index a0b20c03f078..e3010b14aea5 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
> @@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ int dlpar_detach_node(struct device_node *dn)
>  	if (rc)
>  		return rc;
>  
> +	of_node_put(dn);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> Frank Rowand <frank.rowand at sony.com>
>