Re: [PATCH v4] net: ethernet: renesas: rswitch: fix device_node refcount leak in rswitch_get_port_node()

Markus Elfring <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-renesas-soc,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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> Rework the function around for_each_available_child_of_node_scoped()
> instead of adding a manual of_node_put(), so the iterator's reference
> is dropped automatically on every exit path. Since port is the
> function's return value, take an explicit reference with of_node_get()
> on the match before breaking out of the loop.

How do you think about to add any tags (like “Fixes” and “Cc”) accordingly?

See also:
* https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v7.2#n145
* https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst?h=v7.2#n34

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch_main.c?h=v7.2


https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst?id=v7.2#n3

Regards,
Markus
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