Refcount leak will happen when format_show returns failure in multiple cases. Unified management of of_node_put can fix this problem.
Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <hbh...@gmail.com> --- v2: 1. change the title and description information. 2. fix all possible refcount leak. arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c index a0a78aba2083..1ee4640a2641 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c @@ -26,15 +26,18 @@ static ssize_t format_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr, const char *format; node = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "ibm,secvar-backend"); - if (!of_device_is_available(node)) - return -ENODEV; + if (!of_device_is_available(node)) { + rc = -ENODEV; + goto out; + } rc = of_property_read_string(node, "format", &format); if (rc) - return rc; + goto out; rc = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", format); +out: of_node_put(node); return rc; -- 2.25.1