Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: sja1105: sja1105_main: Add of_node_put()

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Jul 23 2019 - 16:38:59 EST


From: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:14:48 +0530

> Each iteration of for_each_child_of_node puts the previous node, but in
> the case of a return from the middle of the loop, there is no put, thus
> causing a memory leak. Hence add an of_node_put before the return.
> Issue found with Coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied.

Again, the semantics of these looping constructs are terrible.