Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] platform/x86: Add intel_skl_int3472 driver

From: Daniel Scally
Date: Wed Feb 24 2021 - 05:21:39 EST


Hi Andy, Laurent

On 24/02/2021 10:18, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:16 PM Laurent Pinchart
> <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 10:36:18PM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote:
>>> On 23/02/2021 20:04, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> ...
>
>>>>> + get_device(&int3472->sensor->dev);
>>>> I see no corresponding put_device(), am I missing something ? I'm also
>>>> not sure why this is needed.
>>> The put is acpi_dev_put() in skl_int3472_discrete_remove(); there seems
>>> to be no acpi_dev_get() for some reason. We use the sensor acpi_device
>>> to get the clock frequency, and to fetch the sensor module string, so I
>>> thought it ought to hold a reference on those grounds.
>> Shouldn't acpi_dev_get_dependent_dev() increase the reference count
>> then, instead of doing it manually here ?
> That's what I expected as well.
> We have plenty of acpi_dev_get_*() and they do increase the reference
> counter one way or the other.
>
Okedokey, I'll move the get() to that function and drop it from here.