netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] [02/10] pasemi_mac: Stop using the pci config space accessors for register read/writes

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Date:	Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:19:47 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] [02/10] pasemi_mac: Stop using the pci config space
 accessors for register read/writes

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:11:04 -0500 Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 02:05:31PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > 
> > It is not documented as such (as far as I can see), but pci_dev_put is
> > safe to call with NULL. And there are other places in the kernel that
> > explicitly use that fact.
> 
> Some places check, others do not. I'll leave it be for now but might take
> care of it during some future cleanup. Thanks for point it out though.

No worries.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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