linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] regulator: hi655x: Bump parent pmic module use count

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Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:08:04 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Jeremy Linton <lintonrjeremy@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lgirdwood@...il.com,
        puck.chen@...ilicon.com, lee.jones@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] regulator: hi655x: Bump parent pmic module use count

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:53:41PM -0500, Jeremy Linton wrote:

> +	if (!try_module_get(parent->driver->owner)) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to get parent module\n");
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +	}
> +

If this makes sense it should be being done in the driver core, not open
coded in individual drivers.

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