Thread (10 messages) 10 messages, 6 authors, 2024-11-17

Re: [PATCH] powermac: Call of_node_put(bk_node) only once in pmac_has_backlight_type()

From: Dan Carpenter <hidden>
Date: 2024-10-03 05:56:49
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First of all, the change is wrong.  We can't dereference "prop" after calling
of_node_put().  You have to be a bit extra careful reviewing Markus's patches
because a lot of the rest of us have blocked these messages so you're on your
own in that way.

On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 10:43:46PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:

Le 02/10/2024 à 22:02, Markus Elfring a écrit :
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From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 21:50:27 +0200

An of_node_put(bk_node) call was immediately used after a pointer check
for an of_get_property() call in this function implementation.
Thus call such a function only once instead directly before the check.
It seems pointless to perform a put immediately after a get. Shouldn't
of_find_property() be used instead ? And then of_property_read_string()
would probably be better.

Maybe you can even use of_property_match_string().
The of_get_property() function doesn't do a get as in get/put, it just finds
the property and returns it.  It doesn't bump the reference count.  It's a
confusing name in that way.  The The of_node_put() pairs with
of_find_node_by_name().

regards,
dan carpenter

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