FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net: enetc: fix device and OF node leak at probe" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-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>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 70458f8a6b44daf3ad39f0d9b6d1097c8a7780ed
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025081557-glimmer-distill-dc47@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 70458f8a6b44daf3ad39f0d9b6d1097c8a7780ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 19:12:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] net: enetc: fix device and OF node leak at probe

Make sure to drop the references to the IERB OF node and platform device
taken by of_parse_phandle() and of_find_device_by_node() during probe.

Fixes: e7d48e5fbf30 ("net: enetc: add a mini driver for the Integrated Endpoint Register Block")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 5.13
Cc: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250725171213.880-3-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c
index f63a29e2e031..de0fb272c847 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c
@@ -829,19 +829,29 @@ static int enetc_pf_register_with_ierb(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	struct platform_device *ierb_pdev;
 	struct device_node *ierb_node;
+	int ret;
 
 	ierb_node = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL,
 					    "fsl,ls1028a-enetc-ierb");
-	if (!ierb_node || !of_device_is_available(ierb_node))
+	if (!ierb_node)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (!of_device_is_available(ierb_node)) {
+		of_node_put(ierb_node);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	ierb_pdev = of_find_device_by_node(ierb_node);
 	of_node_put(ierb_node);
 
 	if (!ierb_pdev)
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
-	return enetc_ierb_register_pf(ierb_pdev, pdev);
+	ret = enetc_ierb_register_pf(ierb_pdev, pdev);
+
+	put_device(&ierb_pdev->dev);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct enetc_si_ops enetc_psi_ops = {