Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] gpiolib: use kref in gpio_desc

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

czw., 20 lut 2020 o 13:05 Srinivas Kandagatla
<srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
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> On 20/02/2020 10:01, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> > @@ -2798,6 +2798,8 @@ static int gpiod_request_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label)
> >               goto done;
> >       }
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> > +     kref_init(&desc->ref);
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> Should we not decrement refcount on the error path of this function?
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On error the descriptor will still be unrequested so there's no point
in potentially calling gpiod_free(). Also: the next time someone
requests it and succeeds, we'll set it back to 1.

Bartosz