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Subject[PATCH] net: gianfar: Add of_node_put() before goto statement
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Every iteration of for_each_available_child_of_node() decrements
reference count of the previous node, however when control
is transferred from the middle of the loop, as in the case of
a return or break or goto, there is no decrement thus ultimately
resulting in a memory leak.

Fix a potential memory leak in gianfar.c by inserting of_node_put()
before the goto statement.

Issue found with Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index b513b8c5c3b5..41dd3d0f3452 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -750,8 +750,10 @@ static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_device *ofdev, struct net_device **pdev)
continue;

err = gfar_parse_group(child, priv, model);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ of_node_put(child);
goto err_grp_init;
+ }
}
} else { /* SQ_SG_MODE */
err = gfar_parse_group(np, priv, model);
--
2.17.1
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