Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> In this case, a device_node structure is stored in another structure that is then freed without first decrementing the reference count of the device_node structure. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @r exists@ expression x; identifier f; position p1,p2; @@ x@p1->f = \(of_find_node_by_path\|of_find_node_by_name\|of_find_node_by_phandle\|of_get_parent\|of_get_next_parent\|of_get_next_child\|of_find_compatible_node\|of_match_node\|of_find_node_by_type\|of_find_node_with_property\|of_find_matching_node\|of_parse_phandle\|of_node_get\)(…); … when …