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From: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@gmail.com>
To: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@arm.com>,
	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@kernel.org>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>,
	Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>, Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: vexpress: fix device_node refcount leak in vexpress_smp_dt_prepare_cpus()
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:32:52 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260925173252.933705-3-geoffreyhe2@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260925173252.933705-1-geoffreyhe2@gmail.com>

vexpress_smp_dt_prepare_cpus() obtains a reference to the SCU device
node via of_find_matching_node() and passes it to of_iomap(), but never
calls of_node_put() on it. of_iomap() does not take ownership of the
node, so the reference is leaked. The function is the .smp_prepare_cpus
hook invoked once from the __init SMP bring-up path, so this is a
one-shot leak of a single refcount during boot, with no functional
impact.

Annotate scu with the __free(device_node) cleanup attribute so the
reference is released when the function returns.

Found while reviewing a CodeQL report for vexpress_flags_set() on the
same SMP bring-up path.

Fixes: d2606f81d563 ("ARM: vexpress: Simplify SMP operations for DT-powered system")
Assisted-by: LLM codeql
Signed-off-by: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@gmail.com>
---

Notes:
    Compile-tested only (ARCH=arm multi_v7_defconfig, W=1). Not tested on
    hardware; I have no Versatile Express board.
    
    The CodeQL query behind this report was synthesized with LLM assistance,
    and the fix and changelog were drafted with LLM assistance; I have
    reviewed them.

 arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c
index 1ee3c45e71c99..b810ad50b98ce 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ static const struct of_device_id vexpress_smp_dt_scu_match[] __initconst = {
 
 static void __init vexpress_smp_dt_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	struct device_node *scu = of_find_matching_node(NULL,
-			vexpress_smp_dt_scu_match);
+	struct device_node *scu __free(device_node) =
+		of_find_matching_node(NULL, vexpress_smp_dt_scu_match);
 
 	if (scu)
 		scu_enable(of_iomap(scu, 0));
-- 
2.43.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-25 17:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-25 17:32 [PATCH 0/2] ARM: vexpress: fix two device_node refcount leaks Weigang He
2026-09-25 17:32 ` [PATCH 1/2] ARM: vexpress: fix device_node refcount leak in vexpress_flags_set() Weigang He
2026-09-25 17:32 ` Weigang He [this message]

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