[PATCH] of: document refcount incrementation of of_get_cpu_node()

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Tue Apr 19 2016 - 21:18:59 EST


This function increments refcount. This is worth noting.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

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