This function increments refcount. This is worth noting.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---
drivers/of/base.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index b299de2..365e1c02 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ bool __weak arch_find_n_match_cpu_physical_id(struct device_node *cpun,
* before booting secondary cores. This function uses arch_match_cpu_phys_id
* which can be overridden by architecture specific implementation.
*
- * Returns a node pointer for the logical cpu if found, else NULL.
+ * Returns a node pointer for the logical cpu with refcount incremented, use
+ * of_node_put() on it when done. Returns NULL if not found.
*/
struct device_node *of_get_cpu_node(int cpu, unsigned int *thread)
{
--
1.9.1
On 4/19/2016 6:18 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> This function increments refcount. This is worth noting.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> drivers/of/base.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
> index b299de2..365e1c02 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c
> @@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ bool __weak arch_find_n_match_cpu_physical_id(struct device_node *cpun,
> * before booting secondary cores. This function uses arch_match_cpu_phys_id
> * which can be overridden by architecture specific implementation.
> *
> - * Returns a node pointer for the logical cpu if found, else NULL.
> + * Returns a node pointer for the logical cpu with refcount incremented, use
> + * of_node_put() on it when done. Returns NULL if not found.
> */
> struct device_node *of_get_cpu_node(int cpu, unsigned int *thread)
> {
>
Nice catch.
Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand <[email protected]>
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Masahiro Yamada
<[email protected]> wrote:
> This function increments refcount. This is worth noting.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks.
Rob