linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] of: resolver: Add missing of_node_get and of_node

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Date:	Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:58:03 +0200
From:	Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com>
To:	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Cc:	Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>,
	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] of: resolver: Add missing of_node_get and of_node_put

Hi Rob,

> On Feb 12, 2016, at 01:18 , Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Amitoj Kaur Chawla
> <amitoj1606@...il.com> wrote:
>> In __of_find_node_by_full_name, add an of_node_get when detecting the
>> desired element, to ensure that it ends up with a reference count that is
>> one greater than on entering the function.
>> 
>> Also in __of_find_node_by_full_name, add an of_node_put on breaking
>> out of the for_each_child_of_node loop, to ensure that the reference
>> count of the returned value is not double incremented. This change
>> was made using Coccinelle.
> 
> Pantelis, are you convinced this is correct (albeit somewhat pointless)?
> 

This is good enough. It’s a local method and we won’t ever try to use
it outside of the resolver. We need to fix the reference counting properly
sometime in the future.

> Rob

Regards

— Pantelis