netdev - RE: [PATCH 15/15] ethernet: ti: davinci_emac: add missing of_node_put after calling of_parse

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Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2016 01:21:04 +0000
From:	Peter Chen <peter.chen@....com>
To:	Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH 15/15] ethernet: ti: davinci_emac: add missing of_node_put
 after calling of_parse_phandle

 
>>
>>> On Wednesday 27 July 2016 07:50 AM, Peter Chen wrote:
>>>> of_node_put needs to be called when the device node which is got
>>>> from of_parse_phandle has finished using.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen@....com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c | 1 +
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
>>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
>>>> index c6c5465..d8cb9d0 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
>>>> @@ -1571,6 +1571,7 @@ static int emac_dev_open(struct net_device *ndev)
>>>>  	if (priv->phy_node) {
>>>>  		phydev = of_phy_connect(ndev, priv->phy_node,
>>>>  					&emac_adjust_link, 0, 0);
>>>> +		of_node_put(priv->phy_node);
>>>>  		if (!phydev) {
>>>>  			dev_err(emac_dev, "could not connect to phy %s\n",
>>>>  				priv->phy_node->full_name);
>>>>
>>>
>>> phy_node is accessed in case of of_phy_connect() returns error, so it
>>> has to be moved after the dev_err log
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, you are right. I will change it, thanks.
>>
>
>I see one more problem, when you stop and open the interface there is no way to get
>the phy_node and interface will be unusable, so of_node_put() should be moved to
>remove()
>

It is my careless. Like I replied to David I did not know the phy_node would be used
in whole driver's life cycle. I will change it, thanks.

Peter