Re: [PATCH 7/7] cpufreq: ppc_cbe: fix possible object reference leak

[Julia Lawall]

On Tue, 2 Apr 2019, Markus Elfring wrote:

> > The call to of_get_cpu_node returns a node pointer with refcount
> > incremented thus it must be explicitly decremented after the last
> > usage.
>
> I would prefer a wording like the following.
>
> A reference counter was incremented for a CPU node by a call of
> the function âof_get_cpu_nodeâ.
> Thus decrement it after the last usage.

The original log message seems perfectly clear.

>
>
> > Detected by coccinelle with the following warnings:
>
> I wonder about the shown duplicate notification.
> Can a single message be sufficient for the code search result
> in this source file?

Since you have removed the context, I have no idea what you are talking
about.

julia