[PATCH 2/5] net: enetc: fix device and OF node leak at probe

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Fri Jul 25 2025 - 13:15:54 EST


Make sure to drop the references to the IERB OF node and platform device
taken by of_parse_phandle() and of_find_device_by_node() during probe.

Fixes: e7d48e5fbf30 ("net: enetc: add a mini driver for the Integrated Endpoint Register Block")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.13
Cc: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c
index f63a29e2e031..de0fb272c847 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c
@@ -829,19 +829,29 @@ static int enetc_pf_register_with_ierb(struct pci_dev *pdev)
{
struct platform_device *ierb_pdev;
struct device_node *ierb_node;
+ int ret;

ierb_node = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL,
"fsl,ls1028a-enetc-ierb");
- if (!ierb_node || !of_device_is_available(ierb_node))
+ if (!ierb_node)
return -ENODEV;

+ if (!of_device_is_available(ierb_node)) {
+ of_node_put(ierb_node);
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
ierb_pdev = of_find_device_by_node(ierb_node);
of_node_put(ierb_node);

if (!ierb_pdev)
return -EPROBE_DEFER;

- return enetc_ierb_register_pf(ierb_pdev, pdev);
+ ret = enetc_ierb_register_pf(ierb_pdev, pdev);
+
+ put_device(&ierb_pdev->dev);
+
+ return ret;
}

static const struct enetc_si_ops enetc_psi_ops = {
--
2.49.1