[PATCH 1/7] phy: fix of_mdio_find_bus() device refcount leak
From: davem@davemloft.net (David Miller)
Date: 2015-09-21 19:02:06
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linux-devicetree, linuxppc-dev, lkml, netdev
From: davem@davemloft.net (David Miller)
Date: 2015-09-21 19:02:06
Also in:
linux-devicetree, linuxppc-dev, lkml, netdev
From: Russell King <redacted> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:54:55 +0100
Update the comment, and arrange for the only user of this function to drop this refcount when disposing of a reference to it.
mdio_mux is not the only user of of_mdio_find_bus(), DSA uses it as well. So if anything this commit message is inaccurate. I also wonder about this refcounting scheme. If you are going to drop the inner device reference, then we take the mdio bus returned from of_mdio_find_bus() what holds onto it and keeps it from disappearing on us? Don't we have to hold onto some reference count of some kind here?