linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] I2C: BCM2835: Linking platform nodes to adapter nodes

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Date:	Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:13:38 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Florian Meier <florian.meier@...lo.de>,
	"linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org" <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] I2C: BCM2835: Linking platform nodes to adapter nodes

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 01:05:53PM +0000, Charles Keepax wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 08, 2013 at 09:59:28AM -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:

> > That all said, I wonder if the I2C core shouldn't do something like the
> > following inside i2c_add_adapter():
> > 
> > if (!adap->dev.of_node && adap->dev.parent)
> > 	adap->dev.of_node = adap->dev.parent->of_node;

> Should this not also have an of_node_get to increment the ref
> count on the node?

Given that it's pointing to the device that registered the I2C adaptor
it should be able to assume that there's a reference already.

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