Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/9] software_node: Fix failure to hold refcount in software_node_get_next_child

[Dan Scally]

On 21/10/2020 10:33, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 12:25:28AM +0100, Dan Scally wrote:
>> On 20/10/2020 14:31, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 11:58:57PM +0100, Daniel Scally wrote:
>>>> +	return software_node_get(&c->fwnode);
>>> I believe similarly, the function should drop the reference to the previous
>>> node, and not expect the caller to do this. The OF equivalent does the
>>> same.
>> I think I prefer it this way myself, since the alternative is having to
>> explicitly call *_node_get() on a returned child if you want to keep it
>> but also keep iterating. But I agree that it's important to take a
>> consistent approach. I'll add that too; this will mean
>> swnode_graph_find_next_port() and
>> software_node_graph_get_next_endpoint() in patch 4 of this series will
>> need changing slightly to square away their references.
> What about ACPI case? Does it square?
ACPI version doesn't handle references at all; neither puts() the old
nor gets() the new child node.