Re: [PATCH] edac: versalnet: Fix device_node leak in mc_probe()

From: Borislav Petkov

Date: Sun Mar 22 2026 - 12:31:14 EST


On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 12:04:08AM +0800, Felix Gu wrote:
> of_parse_phandle() returns a device_node reference that must be released
> with of_node_put(). The original code never freed r5_core_node on any
> exit path, causing a memory leak.
>
> Fix this by using the automatic cleanup attribute __free(device_node)
> which ensures of_node_put() is called when the variable goes out of
> scope.
>
> Fixes: d5fe2fec6c40 ("EDAC: Add a driver for the AMD Versal NET DDR controller")
> Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c b/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c
> index 0b47ed7fed63..915bcd6166f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c
> @@ -888,12 +888,12 @@ static void remove_versalnet(struct mc_priv *priv)
>
> static int mc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> - struct device_node *r5_core_node;
> struct mc_priv *priv;
> struct rproc *rp;
> int rc;
>
> - r5_core_node = of_parse_phandle(pdev->dev.of_node, "amd,rproc", 0);
> + struct device_node *r5_core_node __free(device_node) =
> + of_parse_phandle(pdev->dev.of_node, "amd,rproc", 0);
> if (!r5_core_node) {
> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "amd,rproc: invalid phandle\n");
> return -EINVAL;
>
> ---

Looks correct to me.

@Shubhrajyoti, can you pls test it?

Thx.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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