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[3/4] powerpc/vio: clarify vio_find_node reference counting

Message ID 1478013963-28871-3-git-send-email-johan@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
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Johan Hovold Nov. 1, 2016, 3:26 p.m. UTC
Add comment clarifying that vio_find_node() takes a reference to the
embedded struct device which needs to be dropped after use.

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
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 arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Comments

Michael Ellerman Nov. 14, 2016, 12:17 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, 2016-01-11 at 15:26:02 UTC, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Add comment clarifying that vio_find_node() takes a reference to the
> embedded struct device which needs to be dropped after use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/e8cfb7e7c3b2be8a4c2241b5da2ae6

cheers
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c
index b3813ddb2fb4..2c8fb3ec989e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c
@@ -1648,6 +1648,9 @@  static struct vio_dev *vio_find_name(const char *name)
 /**
  * vio_find_node - find an already-registered vio_dev
  * @vnode: device_node of the virtual device we're looking for
+ *
+ * Takes a reference to the embedded struct device which needs to be dropped
+ * after use.
  */
 struct vio_dev *vio_find_node(struct device_node *vnode)
 {