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Subject[PATCH] ppc64: fix use kref for device_node refcounting
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On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 02:15 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> ppc64-use-kref-for-device_node-refcounting.patch
> ppc64: use kref for device_node refcounting

This introduced an unbalanced get/put in of_add_node which would cause
newly-added device nodes to be prematurely freed. Sorry for the
screwup, a more rigorously tested fix follows.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com>


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diff -puN arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c~fix-kref-devnode arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
--- linux-2.6.11-rc2-mm1/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c~fix-kref-devnode 2005-01-25 21:10:50.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc2-mm1-nathanl/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c 2005-01-25 21:14:02.000000000 -0600
@@ -1771,6 +1771,7 @@ int of_add_node(const char *path, struct
np->properties = proplist;
OF_MARK_DYNAMIC(np);
kref_init(&np->kref);
+ of_node_get(np);
np->parent = derive_parent(path);
if (!np->parent) {
kfree(np);
_


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