The serdes device_node is obtained using of_get_child_by_name(),
which increments the reference count. However, it is never put,
leading to a reference leak.

Add the missing of_node_put() calls to ensure the reference count is
properly balanced.

Fixes: 7ae14cf581f2 ("phy: ti: j721e-wiz: Implement DisplayPort mode to the wiz driver")
Suggested-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use of_node_put() suggested by Vladimir Oltean.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260211-wiz-v1-1-fdd018d02f33@gmail.com
---
 drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c
index 12a19bf2875c..10110cc2115b 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c
@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@ static int wiz_get_lane_phy_types(struct device *dev, struct wiz *wiz)
 			dev_err(dev,
 				"%s: Reading \"reg\" from \"%s\" failed: %d\n",
 				__func__, subnode->name, ret);
+			of_node_put(serdes);
 			return ret;
 		}
 		of_property_read_u32(subnode, "cdns,num-lanes", &num_lanes);
@@ -1442,6 +1443,7 @@ static int wiz_get_lane_phy_types(struct device *dev, struct wiz *wiz)
 		}
 	}
 
+	of_node_put(serdes);
 	return 0;
 }
 

---
base-commit: 193579fe01389bc21aff0051d13f24e8ea95b47d
change-id: 20260204-wiz-9a67604a034f

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

On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:39:19 +0800, Felix Gu wrote:
> The serdes device_node is obtained using of_get_child_by_name(),
> which increments the reference count. However, it is never put,
> leading to a reference leak.
> 
> Add the missing of_node_put() calls to ensure the reference count is
> properly balanced.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] phy: ti: j721e-wiz: Fix device node reference leak in wiz_get_lane_phy_types()
      commit: 584b457f4166293bdfa50f930228e9fb91a38392

Best regards,
-- 
~Vinod

On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 06:39:19PM +0800, Felix Gu wrote:
> The serdes device_node is obtained using of_get_child_by_name(),
> which increments the reference count. However, it is never put,
> leading to a reference leak.
> 
> Add the missing of_node_put() calls to ensure the reference count is
> properly balanced.
> 
> Fixes: 7ae14cf581f2 ("phy: ti: j721e-wiz: Implement DisplayPort mode to the wiz driver")
> Suggested-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Use of_node_put() suggested by Vladimir Oltean.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260211-wiz-v1-1-fdd018d02f33@gmail.com

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>

…
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Use of_node_put() suggested by Vladimir Oltean.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260211-wiz-v1-1-fdd018d02f33@gmail.com
> ---
>  drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c | 2 ++
…

* Would you like to complete the exception handling by using another goto chain?
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?h=v6.19#n526

* How do you think about to increase the application of scope-based resource management
  by additional update steps?
  https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/include/linux/cleanup.h#L157-L161


Regards,
Markus

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 09:09:55AM +0100, Markus Elfring wrote:
> …
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Use of_node_put() suggested by Vladimir Oltean.
> > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260211-wiz-v1-1-fdd018d02f33@gmail.com
> > ---
> >  drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c | 2 ++
> …
> 
> * Would you like to complete the exception handling by using another goto chain?
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?h=v6.19#n526

While gotos have their place, here it seems simpler not to use them.
Felix would have needed to move the "int ret" variable from the
for_each_child_of_node_scoped() scope to the function scope, and
initialize it with 0. All that is unnecessary complexity here.

> * How do you think about to increase the application of scope-based resource management
>   by additional update steps?
>   https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/include/linux/cleanup.h#L157-L161

The cleanup.h API does not exist in all kernels where this bug fix can
be backported.