[PATCH] powerpc: 8xx: Fix refcount leak bug in tqm8xx_setup

Liang He windhl at 126.com
Sat Jun 18 12:49:30 AEST 2022


In init_ioports(), of_find_node_by_name() will return a node pointer
with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() when it is not
used anymore.

Signed-off-by: Liang He <windhl at 126.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/tqm8xx_setup.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/tqm8xx_setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/tqm8xx_setup.c
index 3725d51248df..ffcfd17a5fa3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/tqm8xx_setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/tqm8xx_setup.c
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ static void __init init_ioports(void)
 	if (dnode == NULL)
 		return;
 	prop = of_find_property(dnode, "ethernet1", &len);
+
+	of_node_put(dnode);
+
 	if (prop == NULL)
 		return;
 
-- 
2.25.1



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