FAILED: patch "[PATCH] i2c: core: decrease reference count of device node in" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] i2c: core: decrease reference count of device node in" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From e0638fa400eaccf9fa8060f67140264c4e276552 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lixin Wang <alan.1.wang@nokia-sbell.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:06:55 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] i2c: core: decrease reference count of device node in
 i2c_unregister_device

Reference count of device node was increased in of_i2c_register_device,
but without decreasing it in i2c_unregister_device. Then the added
device node will never be released. Fix this by adding the of_node_put.

Signed-off-by: Lixin Wang <alan.1.wang@nokia-sbell.com>
Tested-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Cc: stable@kernel.org

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 706164b4c5be..f7829a74140c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -821,8 +821,12 @@ void i2c_unregister_device(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	if (!client)
 		return;
-	if (client->dev.of_node)
+
+	if (client->dev.of_node) {
 		of_node_clear_flag(client->dev.of_node, OF_POPULATED);
+		of_node_put(client->dev.of_node);
+	}
+
 	if (ACPI_COMPANION(&client->dev))
 		acpi_device_clear_enumerated(ACPI_COMPANION(&client->dev));
 	device_unregister(&client->dev);