linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: take OF node reference for MFD cell platform device

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Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:32:43 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
To:     Sebastian Urban <surban@...ban.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: take OF node reference for MFD cell platform device

On Tue, 20 Sep 2022, Lee Jones wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Sep 2022, Sebastian Urban wrote:
> 
> > Properly increase OF node reference count when assigning it to a
> > platform device created for an MFD cell.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sebastian Urban <surban@...ban.net>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
> > index 16d1861e9682..8e57f67719cf 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
> > @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int mfd_match_of_node_to_dev(struct platform_device *pdev,
> >  	of_entry->np = np;
> >  	list_add_tail(&of_entry->list, &mfd_of_node_list);
> >  
> > -	pdev->dev.of_node = np;
> > +	pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(np);
> 
> Doesn't this cause an imbalance?
> 
> Or is there already a put somewhere?

I can't accept this until you've answered my queries.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]