for_each_child_of_node performs an of_node_get on each iteration, so a break out of the loop requires an of_node_put. A simplified version of the semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr): // <smpl> @@ local idexpression n; expression root,e; @@ for_each_child_of_node(root,n) { ... ( of_node_put(n); | e = n | + of_node_put(n); ? break; ) ... } ... when != n // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/of/platform.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c index 7b33e03..64daf05 100644 --- a/drivers/of/platform.c +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c @@ -409,8 +409,10 @@ int of_platform_bus_probe(struct device_node *root, if (!of_match_node(matches, child)) continue; rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, NULL, parent, false); - if (rc) + if (rc) { + of_node_put(child); break; + } } of_node_put(root); @@ -451,8 +453,10 @@ int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root, for_each_child_of_node(root, child) { rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, lookup, parent, true); - if (rc) + if (rc) { + of_node_put(child); break; + } } of_node_set_flag(root, OF_POPULATED_BUS); -- 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