Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] of/platform: Propagate firmware node by calling device_set_node()

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 06:01:17PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 05:59:52PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 05:52:43PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > Insulate of_device_alloc() and of_amba_device_create() from possible
> > > changes to fwnode_handle implementation by using device_set_node()
> > > instead of open-coding dev->dev.fwnode assignments.
> > 
> > Side note. When I preparing this change I have noticed a lot of
> > 
> > 	dev_set_name(... dev_name())
> 
> Plus
> 
> 	dev_set_name(dev, ...)
> 	...
> 	dev_set_name(dev, ...)
> 
> on the same device will also give a memory leak.

Ah, seems false alarm, the kobject_set_name_vargs() frees the old one.
Sorry for the noise for second point. But the first one still applies.

> > in the code which seems to me problematic in two ways:
> > 1) (minor) the dev_set_name() may fail, no checks are there;
> > 2) (major?) the above construction leaks memory.
> > 
> > Is it on purpose (esp. second point)? If no, can it be fixed?
> > Note, I'm not familiar with OF platform code, so I would help
> > reviewing the change, but that's it.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko