Re: [PATCH 4/6] driver core: Don't leak secondary fwnode on device removal

From	Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 4/6] driver core: Don't leak secondary fwnode on device removal
Date	2016-08-30 11:10 +0200
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On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 02:38:50AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thursday, July 28, 2016 02:25:41 AM Lukas Wunner wrote:
> > If device_add_property_set() is called for a device, a secondary fwnode
> > is allocated and assigned to the device but currently not freed once the
> > device is removed.
> > 
> > This can be triggered on Apple Macs if a Thunderbolt device is plugged
> > in on boot since Apple's NHI EFI driver sets a number of properties for
> > that device which are leaked on unplug.
> > 
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
> 
> ACK, or I can apply it directly if you want me to do that.

Yes, if you could apply it directly I'd be grateful.

Thanks!

Lukas

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