Hi Daniel, On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 11:58:57PM +0100, Daniel Scally wrote: > The software_node_get_next_child() function currently does not hold a kref > to the child software_node; fix that. > > Fixes: 59abd83672f7 ("drivers: base: Introducing software nodes to the firmware node framework") > Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Changes in v3: > - split out from the full software_node_graph*() patch > > drivers/base/swnode.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c > index f01b1cc61..741149b90 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/swnode.c > +++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c > @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ software_node_get_next_child(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, > c = list_next_entry(c, entry); > else > c = list_first_entry(&p->children, struct swnode, entry); > - return &c->fwnode; > + return software_node_get(&c->fwnode); I believe similarly, the function should drop the reference to the previous node, and not expect the caller to do this. The OF equivalent does the same. > } > > static struct fwnode_handle * -- Kind regards, Sakari Ailus