In ax45mp_cache_init(), of_find_matching_node() returns a device node
with an incremented reference count that must be released with
of_node_put(). The current code fails to call of_node_put() which
causes a reference leak.

Use the __free(device_node) attribute to ensure automatic cleanup when
the variable goes out of scope.

Fixes: d34599bcd2e4 ("cache: Add L2 cache management for Andes AX45MP RISC-V core")
Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/cache/ax45mp_cache.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cache/ax45mp_cache.c b/drivers/cache/ax45mp_cache.c
index 1d7dd3d2c101..934c5087ec2b 100644
--- a/drivers/cache/ax45mp_cache.c
+++ b/drivers/cache/ax45mp_cache.c
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ static const struct of_device_id ax45mp_cache_ids[] = {
 
 static int __init ax45mp_cache_init(void)
 {
-	struct device_node *np;
 	struct resource res;
 	int ret;
 
-	np = of_find_matching_node(NULL, ax45mp_cache_ids);
+	struct device_node *np __free(device_node) =
+		of_find_matching_node(NULL, ax45mp_cache_ids);
 	if (!of_device_is_available(np))
 		return -ENODEV;
 

---
base-commit: 33a647c659ffa5bdb94abc345c8c86768ff96215
change-id: 20260131-ax45mp-3604ec76f878

Best regards,
-- 
Felix Gu <ustc.gu@gmail.com>

From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>

On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:49:09 +0800, Felix Gu wrote:
> In ax45mp_cache_init(), of_find_matching_node() returns a device node
> with an incremented reference count that must be released with
> of_node_put(). The current code fails to call of_node_put() which
> causes a reference leak.
> 
> Use the __free(device_node) attribute to ensure automatic cleanup when
> the variable goes out of scope.
> 
> [...]

Applied to riscv-soc-fixes, thanks!

[1/1] cache: ax45mp: Fix device node reference leak in ax45mp_cache_init()
      https://git.kernel.org/conor/c/0528a348b04b

Thanks,
Conor.