linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] RTC: remove unnecessary device_get() in rtc_device

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Message-ID: <20150722203319.GM2853@piout.net>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:33:19 +0200
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] RTC: remove unnecessary device_get() in
 rtc_device_unregister

On 20/07/2015 at 16:02:50 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote :
> Technically the address of rtc->dev can never be NULL, so get_device()
> can never fail. Also caller of rtc_device_unregister() supposed to be
> the owner of the device and thus have a valid reference. Therefore
> call to get_device() is not needed here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/class.c | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks.

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Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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