This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled powerpc/pseries: Fix missing of_node_put() in rng_init() to the 5.8-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: powerpc-pseries-fix-missing-of_node_put-in-rng_init.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.8 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit c9868676e8f2ae5e2a7cadd7af2f5dfdd92fcc96 Author: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Jul 2 11:08:16 2018 +0200 powerpc/pseries: Fix missing of_node_put() in rng_init() [ Upstream commit 67c3e59443f5fc77be39e2ce0db75fbfa78c7965 ] The call to of_find_compatible_node() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented thus it must be explicitly decremented here before returning. Fixes: a489043f4626 ("powerpc/pseries: Implement arch_get_random_long() based on H_RANDOM") Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1530522496-14816-1-git-send-email-hofrat@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rng.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rng.c index bbb97169bf63e..6268545947b83 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rng.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rng.c @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static __init int rng_init(void) ppc_md.get_random_seed = pseries_get_random_long; + of_node_put(dn); return 0; } machine_subsys_initcall(pseries, rng_init);