linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/12] PM / OPP: Add 'struct kref' to OPP table

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:54:30 -0800
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12] PM / OPP: Add 'struct kref' to OPP table

On 01/10, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 09-01-17, 15:36, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> 
> > It would be better to have _find_opp_table()
> > return the pointer with the reference already taken so that we
> > don't have to update callers with reference grabbing calls.
> > Typically if a function returns a reference counted pointer the
> > reference counting has already been done.
> 
> Absolutely, but that happens with later patches in the series. I couldn't have
> done it now, as something or the other would have broken.
> 

Ok, if things get better later in the series then you can have my

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>

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