Hi, On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 10:55:46PM +0800, Peng Hao wrote: > of_find_device_by_node() takes a reference to the struct device > when it finds a match via get_device. When returning error we should > call put_device. > > Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <peng.h...@zte.com.cn> > --- > arch/arm/mach-at91/pm.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/pm.c b/arch/arm/mach-at91/pm.c > index 51e808a..70fadb7 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/pm.c > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/pm.c > @@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ static int __init at91_pm_backup_init(void) > > securam_fail: > iounmap(pm_data.sfrbu); > + put_device(&pdev->dev);
Fixed in this way, in some cases (as there are goto securam_fail before calling of_find_device_by_node), we may decrement a reference which has not been incremented. Is it safe? Regards Ludovic > pm_data.sfrbu = NULL; > return ret; > } > -- > 1.8.3.1 > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel
