Hi Johan,
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 12:57 PM Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Use the new of_get_compatible_child() helper to lookup the slot child
> node instead of using of_find_compatible_node(), which searches the
> entire tree and thus can return an unrelated (i.e. non-child) node.
that new helper is much appreciated, thank you!
> This also addresses a potential use-after-free (e.g. after probe
> deferral) as the tree-wide helper drops a reference to its first
> argument (i.e. the node of the device being probed).
>
> While at it, also fix up the related slot-node reference leak.
not sure why both issues went unnoticed so far - good that they're now
both fixed. thank you!
> Fixes: ed80a13bb4c4 ("mmc: meson-mx-sdio: Add a driver for the Amlogic Meson8 and Meson8b SoCs")
> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.15
backporting only works if the patch introducing
of_get_compatible_child is also backported
do we have to inform Greg somehow?
> Cc: Carlo Caione <carlo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Regards
Martin
