linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] amba: bus: balance firmware node reference counting

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:37:43 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@...nel.org>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] amba: bus: balance firmware node reference
 counting


On Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:57:31 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Currently the ACPI code doesn't bump the reference count of
> the firmware node, while OF counter part does. Not that it's
> a problem right now, since ACPI doesn't really use the reference
> counting for firmware nodes, it still makes sense to make code
> robust against any changes done there. For this,
>  - switch ACPI case to use device_set_node() to be unified with OF
>  - move reference counting to amba_device_add()
>  - switch to use firmware nodes instead of OF ones
> 
> In the result we will have reference counting done in the same module
> for all callers independently on the nature of firmware node behind.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
> 
> v3: no changes
> v2: fixed compilation error (LKP), all dependencies are in v6.6-rcX (Rob)
> 
>  drivers/acpi/arm64/amba.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/amba/bus.c        | 5 ++++-
>  drivers/of/platform.c     | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Applied, thanks!