Re: [PATCH 3/3] backlight: 88pm860x_bl: Use of_get_child_by_name() instead of refcount hack

From: Lee Jones
Date: Sun Jan 18 2015 - 07:46:28 EST


On Wed, 14 Jan 2015, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> of_find_node_by_name() calls of_node_put() on its "from" parameter.
> To counter this, pm860x_backlight_dt_init() calls of_node_get() first.
>
> Use of_get_child_by_name() instead to get rid of the refcount hack.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> Compile-tested only
> ---
> drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

Looks good, applied, thanks.

> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c
> index 9a23698b6fe8398c..2da5862876d1fe78 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c
> @@ -168,10 +168,7 @@ static int pm860x_backlight_dt_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
> struct device_node *nproot, *np;
> int iset = 0;
>
> - nproot = of_node_get(pdev->dev.parent->of_node);
> - if (!nproot)
> - return -ENODEV;
> - nproot = of_find_node_by_name(nproot, "backlights");
> + nproot = of_get_child_by_name(pdev->dev.parent->of_node, "backlights");
> if (!nproot) {
> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to find backlights node\n");
> return -ENODEV;

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