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From:   Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:00:03 -0600
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: refcount leak when phandle_cache entry replaced
To:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 5:17 AM Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/11/19 2:18 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 02:14:53 -0600, frowand.list@gmail.com wrote:
> >> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@sony.com>
> >>
> >> of_find_node_by_phandle() does not do an of_node_put() of the existing
> >> node in a phandle cache entry when that node is replaced by a new node.
> >>
> >> Reported-by: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
> >> Fixes: b8a9ac1a5b99 ("of: of_node_get()/of_node_put() nodes held in phandle cache")
> >> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@sony.com>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Checkpatch will warn about a line over 80 characters.  Let me know
> >> if that bothers you.
> >>
> >>  drivers/of/base.c | 2 ++
> >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >>
> >
> > Applied, thanks.
> >
> > Rob
> >
>
> If the rework patch of the cache that you posted shortly after accepting
> my patch, then my patch becomes not needed and is just extra noise in the
> history.  Once your patch finishes review (I am assuming it probably
> will), then my patch should be reverted.

The question is what to backport: nothing, this patch or mine? My
thought was to apply this mainly to backport. If you're fine with
nothing or mine, then we can drop it. I'm a bit nervous marking mine
for stable.

Rob