Re: [PATCH v7 04/13] slimbus: core: Add slim controllers support

[Vinod Koul]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 06:47:58AM +0000, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> >>>thanks for the comments.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On 16/11/17 16:42, Vinod Koul wrote:
> >>>>On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 02:10:34PM +0000,srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>+static void slim_dev_release(struct device *dev)
> >>>>>+{
> >>>>>+	struct slim_device *sbdev = to_slim_device(dev);
> >>>>>+
> >>>>>+	put_device(sbdev->ctrl->dev);
> >>>>which device would that be?
> >>>This is controller device
> >>>
> >>>>>+static int slim_add_device(struct slim_controller *ctrl,
> >>>>>+			   struct slim_device *sbdev,
> >>>>>+			   struct device_node *node)
> >>>>>+{
> >>>>>+	sbdev->dev.bus = &slimbus_bus;
> >>>>>+	sbdev->dev.parent = ctrl->dev;
> >>>>>+	sbdev->dev.release = slim_dev_release;
> >>>>>+	sbdev->dev.driver = NULL;
> >>>>>+	sbdev->ctrl = ctrl;
> >>>>>+
> >>>>>+	dev_set_name(&sbdev->dev, "%x:%x:%x:%x",
> >>>>>+				  sbdev->e_addr.manf_id,
> >>>>>+				  sbdev->e_addr.prod_code,
> >>>>>+				  sbdev->e_addr.dev_index,
> >>>>>+				  sbdev->e_addr.instance);
> >>>>>+
> >>>>>+	get_device(ctrl->dev);
> >>>>is this controller device and you ensuring it doesnt go away while you have
> >>>>slaves on it?
> >>>Yes.
> >>I thought since you are marking ctrl->dev as parent, the device core should
> >>ensure that parent doesn't go off when you have child device?
> >>
> >>Greg, is that understanding correct, if so we may not need these calls.
> >That understanding should be correct, as the reference count is
> >incremented on the parent when a child is added.
> >
> >It would be trivial for this to be tested, and yes, I am pretty sure you
> >don't need this call.
> 
> Thanks for suggestion, I will remove this in next version.

I think it might be helpful to test the assumption as Greg noted :)

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~Vinod