[PATCH] powerpc: kernel: Fix refcount bug in legacy_serial.c

Liang He windhl at 126.com
Sun Jun 19 17:08:11 AEST 2022


In find_legacy_serial_ports(), of_find_node_by_path() 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/kernel/legacy_serial.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
index 5c58460b269a..f048c424c525 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ void __init find_legacy_serial_ports(void)
 	}
 #endif
 
+	of_node_put(stdout);
+
 	DBG("legacy_serial_console = %d\n", legacy_serial_console);
 	if (legacy_serial_console >= 0)
 		setup_legacy_serial_console(legacy_serial_console);
-- 
2.25.1



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