for_each_child_of_node performs an of_node_get on each iteration, so no of_node_get is needed on breaking out of the loop when the device_node structure is saved in another variable. The complete semantic match that finds this problem is (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr): // <smpl> @r@ local idexpression n; expression e1,e2; iterator name for_each_node_by_name, for_each_node_by_type, for_each_compatible_node, for_each_matching_node, for_each_matching_node_and_match, for_each_child_of_node, for_each_available_child_of_node, for_each_node_with_property; iterator i; statement S; expression list [n1] es; @@ ( ( for_each_node_by_name(n,e1) S | for_each_node_by_type(n,e1) S | for_each_compatible_node(n,e1,e2) S | for_each_matching_node(n,e1) S | for_each_matching_node_and_match(n,e1,e2) S | for_each_child_of_node(e1,n) S | for_each_available_child_of_node(e1,n) S | for_each_node_with_property(n,e1) S ) & i(es,n,...) S ) @@ local idexpression r.n; iterator r.i; expression list [r.n1] es; @@ i(es,n,...) { <... * return (of_node_get(n)); ...> } @@ local idexpression r.n; iterator r.i; expression list [r.n1] es; identifier l; @@ i(es,n,...) { ... * of_node_get(n) ... ( break; | goto l; | return ...; ) } // </smpl> --- arch/mips/pci/pci-rt3883.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)