From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
There is a matching of_node_put() in __of_detach_node_sysfs()
Remove misleading comment from function header comment for
of_detach_node().
This patch may result in memory leaks from code that directly calls
the dynamic node add and delete functions directly instead of
using changesets.
Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
---
This patch should result in powerpc systems that dynamically
allocate a node, then later deallocate the node to have a
memory leak when the node is deallocated.
The next patch in the series will fix the leak.
drivers/of/dynamic.c | 3 ---
drivers/of/kobj.c | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/of/dynamic.c b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
index b04ee021a891..275c0d7e2268 100644
--- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c
+++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
@@ -272,9 +272,6 @@ void __of_detach_node(struct device_node *np)
/**
* of_detach_node() - "Unplug" a node from the device tree.
- *
- * The caller must hold a reference to the node. The memory associated with
- * the node is not freed until its refcount goes to zero.
*/
int of_detach_node(struct device_node *np)
{
diff --git a/drivers/of/kobj.c b/drivers/of/kobj.c
index 7a0a18980b98..c72eef988041 100644
--- a/drivers/of/kobj.c
+++ b/drivers/of/kobj.c
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ int __of_attach_node_sysfs(struct device_node *np)
}
if (!name)
return -ENOMEM;
+
+ of_node_get(np);
+
rc = kobject_add(&np->kobj, parent, "%s", name);
kfree(name);
if (rc)
@@ -159,6 +162,5 @@ void __of_detach_node_sysfs(struct device_node *np)
kobject_del(&np->kobj);
}
- /* finally remove the kobj_init ref */
of_node_put(np);
}
--
Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
