From: Hans de Goede <[email protected]> class_find_device already does a get_device on the returned device. So the device returned by of_find_mux_chip_by_node is already referenced and we should not reference it again (and unref it on error).
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <[email protected]> --- drivers/mux/core.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Hi Greg, Perhaps this was ignored due to more important stuff? Original message below: Here is a fix for 4.15, and it should perhaps also go to stable? It's been in -next for a couple of weeks w/o complaints. Cheers, Peter diff --git a/drivers/mux/core.c b/drivers/mux/core.c index 2260063b0ea8..6e5cf9d9cd99 100644 --- a/drivers/mux/core.c +++ b/drivers/mux/core.c @@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ static int of_dev_node_match(struct device *dev, const void *data) return dev->of_node == data; } +/* Note this function returns a reference to the mux_chip dev. */ static struct mux_chip *of_find_mux_chip_by_node(struct device_node *np) { struct device *dev; @@ -466,6 +467,7 @@ struct mux_control *mux_control_get(struct device *dev, const char *mux_name) (!args.args_count && (mux_chip->controllers > 1))) { dev_err(dev, "%pOF: wrong #mux-control-cells for %pOF\n", np, args.np); + put_device(&mux_chip->dev); return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); } @@ -476,10 +478,10 @@ struct mux_control *mux_control_get(struct device *dev, const char *mux_name) if (controller >= mux_chip->controllers) { dev_err(dev, "%pOF: bad mux controller %u specified in %pOF\n", np, controller, args.np); + put_device(&mux_chip->dev); return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); } - get_device(&mux_chip->dev); return &mux_chip->mux[controller]; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mux_control_get); -- 2.11.0
