In of_changeset_action(), we have called of_node_get() to increase refcount of a node. Therefore, when tchild (duplicated by __of_node_dup()) is done, of_node_put() needs to call and release the device_node. Otherwise, there are some memory leak reported about the node: unreferenced object 0xffff88810cd1e800 (size 256): backtrace: kmalloc_trace __of_node_dup add_changeset_node (inlined) build_changeset_next_level unreferenced object 0xffff888113721240 (size 16): backtrace: __kmalloc_node_track_caller kstrdup __of_node_dup add_changeset_node (inlined) build_changeset_next_level unreferenced object 0xffff88810a38d400 (size 128): backtrace: kmalloc_trace __of_prop_dup add_changeset_property build_changeset_next_level Fixes: 7518b5890d8a ("of/overlay: Introduce DT overlay support") Signed-off-by: Zeng Heng <zengheng4@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/of/overlay.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c index bd8ff4df723d..a5189a0ec0a3 100644 --- a/drivers/of/overlay.c +++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c @@ -436,8 +436,10 @@ static int add_changeset_node(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs, of_node_set_flag(tchild, OF_OVERLAY); ret = of_changeset_attach_node(&ovcs->cset, tchild); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + of_node_put(tchild); return ret; + } target_child.np = tchild; target_child.in_livetree = false; -- 2.25.1