In __of_find_node_by_full_name, add an of_node_get when detecting the desired element, to ensure that it ends up with a reference count that is one greater than on entering the function. Also in __of_find_node_by_full_name, add an of_node_put on breaking out of the for_each_child_of_node loop, to ensure that the reference count of the returned value is not double incremented. This change was made using Coccinelle. The semantic patch used for this is as follows: // <smpl> @@ expression e; local idexpression n; @@ for_each_child_of_node(..., n) { ... when != of_node_put(n) when != e = n ( return n; | + of_node_put(n); ? return ...; ) ... } // </smpl Finally, add an of_node_put in for_each_child_of_node in the function __of_adjust_phandle_ref after the value returned by __of_find_node_by_full_name is no longer useful. Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: -Added an of_node_get and an extra of_node_put in the functions __of_find_node_by_full_name and __of_adjust_phandle_ref respectively. drivers/of/resolver.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/resolver.c b/drivers/of/resolver.c index 640eb4c..d313d49 100644 --- a/drivers/of/resolver.c +++ b/drivers/of/resolver.c @@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ static struct device_node *__of_find_node_by_full_name(struct device_node *node, /* check */ if (of_node_cmp(node->full_name, full_name) == 0) - return node; + return of_node_get(node); for_each_child_of_node(node, child) { found = __of_find_node_by_full_name(child, full_name); - if (found != NULL) + if (found != NULL) { + of_node_put(child); return found; + } } return NULL; @@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ static int __of_adjust_phandle_ref(struct device_node *node, if (of_prop_cmp(sprop->name, propstr) == 0) break; } + of_node_put(refnode); if (!sprop) { pr_err("%s: Could not find property '%s'\n", -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html