linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] device property: Fix usecount for of_graph_get_port

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:17:07 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Cc:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] device property: Fix usecount for
 of_graph_get_port_parent()

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 02:44:05AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> Fix inconsistent use of of_graph_get_port_parent() where
> asoc_simple_card_parse_graph_dai() does of_node_get() before
> calling it while other callers do not. We can fix this by
> not trashing the node passed to of_graph_get_port_parent().

This looks like it gives a much less surprising API so hopefully helps
avoid issues in callers:

Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>

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