[PATCH] Device class reference counting

[Thomas Koeller]

Hi,

I found a little issue with reference counting for
device classes in 2.6.8-rc2. Patch attached. Please
cc me on any responses, as I am not subsribed to
this list.

tk



--- linux-mips/drivers/base/class.c	2004-07-14 16:21:33.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-mips-work/drivers/base/class.c	2004-07-30 17:51:09.477331128 +0200
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@
 	struct class_interface * class_intf;
 	int error;
 
-	class_dev = class_device_get(class_dev);
-	if (!class_dev || !strlen(class_dev->class_id))
+	if (!strlen(class_dev->class_id)
+		|| !(class_dev = class_device_get(class_dev)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	parent = class_get(class_dev->class);

-- 
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Thomas Koeller, Software Development
Basler Vision Technologies

thomas dot koeller at baslerweb dot com
http://www.baslerweb.com

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