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From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
To: Sunny Patel <nueralspacetech@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: Fix reference leak in of_i2c_register_devices
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:11:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f4742d44-0ea3-4af1-91ab-8bb5af6d781b@wanadoo.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250414154224.27836-1-nueralspacetech@gmail.com>

Le 14/04/2025 à 17:42, Sunny Patel a écrit :
> Fix a potential reference leak in of_i2c_register_devices where the
> reference to the node is not released if device registration fails.
> This ensures proper reference management and avoids memory leaks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sunny Patel <nueralspacetech@gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
> index 02feee6c9ba9..7c50905de8f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
> @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ void of_i2c_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
>   				 "Failed to create I2C device for %pOF\n",
>   				 node);
>   			of_node_clear_flag(node, OF_POPULATED);
> +			of_node_put(node);
>   		}
>   	}
>   

Hi,

Why resending this patch?
it is the same has before,, so my understanding is still the same and I 
still think that it is just wrong.

See [1].

CJ

[1]: 
https://lore.kernel.org/all/1dacfce7-c66d-44c6-9a0c-2dd00bc24ffc@wanadoo.fr/

      reply	other threads:[~2025-04-16 22:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-06 13:48 Sunny Patel
2025-04-06 18:06 ` Christophe JAILLET
     [not found]   ` <CAGNPQObiZA76gva-+_DY8TtpEiJfLL3QDoONYST4npOSkgZ+5g@mail.gmail.com>
2025-04-08 19:04     ` Christophe JAILLET
2025-04-14 15:42       ` Sunny Patel
2025-04-16 22:11         ` Christophe JAILLET [this message]

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