4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 8324147f38019865b29d03baf28412d2ec0bd828 upstream. Make sure to release the device-node reference taken in of_register_spi_device() on errors and when deregistering the device. Fixes: 284b01897340 ("spi: Add OF binding support for SPI busses") Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c @@ -621,8 +621,10 @@ void spi_unregister_device(struct spi_de if (!spi) return; - if (spi->dev.of_node) + if (spi->dev.of_node) { of_node_clear_flag(spi->dev.of_node, OF_POPULATED); + of_node_put(spi->dev.of_node); + } if (ACPI_COMPANION(&spi->dev)) acpi_device_clear_enumerated(ACPI_COMPANION(&spi->dev)); device_unregister(&spi->dev); @@ -1589,11 +1591,13 @@ of_register_spi_device(struct spi_master if (rc) { dev_err(&master->dev, "spi_device register error %s\n", nc->full_name); - goto err_out; + goto err_of_node_put; } return spi; +err_of_node_put: + of_node_put(nc); err_out: spi_dev_put(spi); return ERR_PTR(rc);