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authorRussell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>2021-12-13 11:05:13 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2021-12-13 14:58:07 +0000
commitd33dae51645c0d837e587000f3131118fcd6bf5e (patch)
tree208da06badcad7d9622ef318504e143d222524ca /drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
parentbe565ec71d1d59438bed0c7ed0a252a327e0b0ef (diff)
net: phy: add a note about refcounting
Recently, a patch has been submitted to "fix" the refcounting for a DT node in of_mdiobus_link_mdiodev(). This is not a leaked refcount. The refcount is passed to the new device. Sadly, coccicheck identifies this location as a leaked refcount, which means we're likely to keep getting patches to "fix" this. However, fixing this will cause breakage. Add a comment to state that the lack of of_node_put() here is intentional. Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
index c204067f1890..c198722e4871 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
@@ -460,6 +460,9 @@ static void of_mdiobus_link_mdiodev(struct mii_bus *bus,
if (addr == mdiodev->addr) {
device_set_node(dev, of_fwnode_handle(child));
+ /* The refcount on "child" is passed to the mdio
+ * device. Do _not_ use of_node_put(child) here.
+ */
return;
}
}