It is possible a node was dynamically allocated but without any property. The properies will be got from devices and added to the node when devices got connected. When release this node, all properties of which had been moved to deadprops. In this case, the properties in the deadprops list are never deallocated. Signed-off-by: alawang <alan.1.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/of/dynamic.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/of/dynamic.c b/drivers/of/dynamic.c index 301b6db..465d43b 100644 --- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c +++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c @@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ void of_node_release(struct kobject *kobj) if (!of_node_check_flag(node, OF_DYNAMIC)) return; + if (!prop) { + prop = node->deadprops; + node->deadprops = NULL; + } while (prop) { struct property *next = prop->next; kfree(prop->name); -- 2.6.2 -- 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