From 6f6e2bdf53dccde81eaac881098276ac1ca7c285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Russell King (Oracle)" Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:05:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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) Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c index c204067f18902..c198722e4871d 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; } } -- 2.39.5