On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 06:48:30PM +0100, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > The two device node references taken during allocation need to be
> > dropped when the auxiliary device is freed.
> …
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/aux-hpd-bridge.c
> …
> > @@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ struct device *drm_dp_hpd_bridge_register(struct device *parent,
> >
> > ret = auxiliary_device_init(adev);
> > if (ret) {
> > + of_node_put(adev->dev.platform_data);
> > + of_node_put(adev->dev.of_node);
> > ida_free(&drm_aux_hpd_bridge_ida, adev->id);
> > kfree(adev);
> > return ERR_PTR(ret);
>
> The last two statements are also used in a previous if branch.
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.8-rc5/source/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/aux-hpd-bridge.c#L63
>
> How do you think about to avoid such a bit of duplicate source code
> by adding a label here?
No, the current code is fine and what you are suggesting is in any case
unrelated to this fix.
If this function ever grows a third error path like that, I too would
consider it however.
Johan
