I've added Heikki Krogerus to the CC list because my question is mostly about commit 59abd83672f7 ("drivers: base: Introducing software nodes to the firmware node framework"). I have been trying to teach Smatch to understand reference counting so it can discover these kinds of bugs automatically. I don't know how software_node_get_next_child() can work when it doesn't call kobject_get(). This sort of bug would have been caught in testing because it affects the success path so I must be reading the code wrong. drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c 444 static int lp50xx_probe_dt(struct lp50xx *priv) 445 { 446 struct fwnode_handle *child = NULL; 447 struct fwnode_handle *led_node = NULL; 448 struct led_init_data init_data = {}; 449 struct led_classdev *led_cdev; 450 struct mc_subled *mc_led_info; 451 struct lp50xx_led *led; 452 int ret = -EINVAL; 453 int num_colors; 454 u32 color_id; 455 int i = 0; 456 457 priv->enable_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(priv->dev, "enable", GPIOD_OUT_LOW); 458 if (IS_ERR(priv->enable_gpio)) { 459 ret = PTR_ERR(priv->enable_gpio); 460 dev_err(&priv->client->dev, "Failed to get enable gpio: %d\n", 461 ret); 462 return ret; 463 } 464 465 priv->regulator = devm_regulator_get(priv->dev, "vled"); 466 if (IS_ERR(priv->regulator)) 467 priv->regulator = NULL; 468 469 device_for_each_child_node(priv->dev, child) { ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This iterator is implemented by two possible function pointers. Smatch understands of_fwnode_get_next_child_node() and that it takes a reference. The software_node_get_next_child() function does not take a kobject reference. 470 led = &priv->leds[i]; 471 ret = fwnode_property_count_u32(child, "reg"); 472 if (ret < 0) { 473 dev_err(&priv->client->dev, "reg property is invalid\n"); 474 goto child_out; 475 } 476 477 ret = lp50xx_probe_leds(child, priv, led, ret); 478 if (ret) 479 goto child_out; 480 481 init_data.fwnode = child; 482 num_colors = 0; 483 484 /* 485 * There are only 3 LEDs per module otherwise they should be 486 * banked which also is presented as 3 LEDs. 487 */ 488 mc_led_info = devm_kcalloc(priv->dev, LP50XX_LEDS_PER_MODULE, 489 sizeof(*mc_led_info), GFP_KERNEL); 490 if (!mc_led_info) 491 return -ENOMEM; 492 493 fwnode_for_each_child_node(child, led_node) { 494 ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(led_node, "color", 495 &color_id); 496 if (ret) { 497 dev_err(priv->dev, "Cannot read color\n"); 498 goto child_out; 499 } 500 501 mc_led_info[num_colors].color_index = color_id; 502 num_colors++; 503 } 504 505 led->priv = priv; 506 led->mc_cdev.num_colors = num_colors; 507 led->mc_cdev.subled_info = mc_led_info; 508 led_cdev = &led->mc_cdev.led_cdev; 509 led_cdev->brightness_set_blocking = lp50xx_brightness_set; 510 511 fwnode_property_read_string(child, "linux,default-trigger", 512 &led_cdev->default_trigger); 513 514 ret = devm_led_classdev_multicolor_register_ext(&priv->client->dev, 515 &led->mc_cdev, 516 &init_data); 517 if (ret) { 518 dev_err(&priv->client->dev, "led register err: %d\n", 519 ret); 520 goto child_out; 521 } 522 i++; 523 fwnode_handle_put(child); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This will call software_node_put() which calls kobject_put(). 524 } 525 526 return 0; 527 528 child_out: 529 fwnode_handle_put(child); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Same here. 530 return ret; 531 } regards, dan carpenter On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:05:15PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote: > In case of memory allocation failure, we must release some resources as > done in all other error handling paths of the function. > > 'goto child_out' instead of a direct return so that 'fwnode_handle_put()' > is called when we break out of a 'device_for_each_child_node' loop. > > Fixes: 242b81170fb8 ("leds: lp50xx: Add the LP50XX family of the RGB LED driver") > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c b/drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c > index 47144a37cb94..8178782f2a8a 100644 > --- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c > +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c > @@ -487,8 +487,10 @@ static int lp50xx_probe_dt(struct lp50xx *priv) > */ > mc_led_info = devm_kcalloc(priv->dev, LP50XX_LEDS_PER_MODULE, > sizeof(*mc_led_info), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!mc_led_info) > - return -ENOMEM; > + if (!mc_led_info) { > + ret = -ENOMEM; > + goto child_out; > + } > > fwnode_for_each_child_node(child, led_node) { > ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(led_node, "color", > -- > 2.25.1