Re: [PATCH v1] of: Put coreboot node after compatibility check

On Sat, Aug 01, 2026 at 10:38:21PM -0400, Yuho Choi wrote:
> of_find_compatible_node() returns a referenced device node, but
> EXCLUDED_DEFAULT_CELLS_PLATFORMS used the result only as a boolean and
> discarded the reference. This leaked a reference each time the
> address-cells or size-cells warning condition was evaluated on a
> coreboot system.
> 
> Use a helper that drops the node reference after checking whether the
> coreboot node exists.
> 
> Fixes: 8600058ba28a7 ("of: Add coreboot firmware to excluded default cells list")
> Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/of/base.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
> index 6e7a42dedad3..8d04eaed9805 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c
> @@ -95,9 +95,21 @@ static bool __of_node_is_type(const struct device_node *np, const char *type)
>  	return !strcmp(match, type);
>  }
>  
> +static bool of_coreboot_present(void)
> +{
> +	struct device_node *np;
> +	bool found;
> +
> +	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "coreboot");

Code is simple, but could be even simpler with __free. Basically two
instructions instead of four and no need for this assignment comparison.

> +	found = np != NULL;
> +	of_node_put(np);

Best regards,
Krzysztof