On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 10:19:26AM +0200, luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > At probe time this code path is followed: > > * tegra_csi_init > * tegra_csi_channels_alloc > * for_each_child_of_node(node, channel) -- iterates over channels > * automatically gets 'channel' > * tegra_csi_channel_alloc() > * saves into chan->of_node a pointer to the channel OF node > * automatically gets and puts 'channel' > * now the node saved in chan->of_node has refcount 0, can disappear > * tegra_csi_channels_init > * iterates over channels > * tegra_csi_channel_init -- uses chan->of_node > > After that, chan->of_node keeps storing the node until the device is > removed. > > of_node_get() the node and of_node_put() it during teardown to avoid any > risk. > > Fixes: 1ebaeb09830f ("media: tegra-video: Add support for external sensor capture") > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Sowjanya Komatineni <skomatineni@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/csi.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/csi.c b/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/csi.c > index b26e44adb2be..1b05f620b476 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/csi.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/csi.c > @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ static int tegra_csi_channel_alloc(struct tegra_csi *csi, > for (i = 0; i < chan->numgangports; i++) > chan->csi_port_nums[i] = port_num + i * CSI_PORTS_PER_BRICK; > > - chan->of_node = node; > + chan->of_node = of_node_get(node); > chan->numpads = num_pads; > if (num_pads & 0x2) { > chan->pads[0].flags = MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK; > @@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ static void tegra_csi_channels_cleanup(struct tegra_csi *csi) > media_entity_cleanup(&subdev->entity); > } > > + of_node_put(chan->of_node); > list_del(&chan->list); > kfree(chan); Not related to your patch, but this kind of "one function cleans up everything" style is always buggy. For example, here it should be: - if (chan->mipi) + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(chan->mipi)) tegra_mipi_free(chan->mipi); regards, dan carpenter