On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 04:42:38PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2017, Jon Hunter wrote: > > > > > On 15/07/17 09:42, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > Device node iterators perform an of_node_put on each iteration, so putting > > > an of_node_put before a continue results in a double put. > > > > > > The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows > > > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr): > > > > > > // <smpl> > > > @@ > > > expression e1; > > > local idexpression child; > > > iterator name for_each_child_of_node; > > > @@ > > > > > > for_each_child_of_node(e1,child) { > > > ... when != of_node_get(child) > > > * of_node_put(child); > > > ... > > > * continue; > > > } > > > // </smpl> > > > > > > Furthermore, the call to thermal_of_cooling_device_register immediately > > > calls __thermal_cooling_device_register with the same arguments. The > > > latter function stores the device node argument, which is the second > > > argument of for_each_child_of_node, in the returned thermal_cooling_device > > > structure. This returned structure is then stored in the cdev field of > > > stc. Thus it seems that the second argument of for_each_child_of_node > > > escapes the scope of the for_each_child_of_node, so an explicit of_node_get > > > on success of thermal_of_cooling_device_register is also needed. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> > > > > > > --- > > > drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c | 2 +- > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c b/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c > > > index 7d2db23..10f4fdd 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c > > > +++ b/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c > > > @@ -1014,7 +1014,6 @@ static void soctherm_init_hw_throt_cdev(struct platform_device *pdev) > > > tcd = thermal_of_cooling_device_register(np_stcc, > > > (char *)name, ts, > > > &throt_cooling_ops); > > > - of_node_put(np_stcc); > > > if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tcd)) { > > > dev_err(dev, > > > "throttle-cfg: %s: failed to register cooling device\n", > > > @@ -1022,6 +1021,7 @@ static void soctherm_init_hw_throt_cdev(struct platform_device *pdev) > > > continue; > > > } > > > > > > + of_node_get(np_stcc); > > > stc->cdev = tcd; > > > stc->init = true; > > > } > > > > Thanks for fixing this. However, I am wondering if it is better for the > > 'of_node_get' to be placed within the > > thermal_of_cooling_device_register() function as it seems a bit odd if > > the caller needs to know that this is being stored for later use. > > > > Also, taking a quick look, I see a couple other drivers calling > > thermal_of_cooling_device_register() and they are also not calling > > of_node_get on success. So it maybe easier to fix placing it in the > > thermal_of_cooling_device_register() function. > > I'm not an expert, but I had the impression that from some call sites, the > get would have been done already, because the argument is already stored > in some structure. I can check more exhaustively. Julia, I agree with Jon here. Better if fixed in the API itself. Are you still planning on sending a fix for this? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tegra" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
