Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] serial: 8250_mid: Balance reference count for PCI DMA device

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Feb 15 2022 - 07:26:42 EST


On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 12:08:26PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 15. 02. 22, 11:31, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 12:29:49PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 11:11:41AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > > > On 15. 02. 22, 11:09, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > The pci_get_slot() increases its reference count, the caller
> > > > > must decrement the reference count by calling pci_dev_put().
> > >
> > > > And what about the -EINVAL case?
> > >
> > > What about it? The ->probe() calls ->exit() in its error path.
> > > Or did I miss something?
> >
> > Or you mean that we call pci_dev_put() on NULL pointer?
> > This is completely valid case and handled in the callee.
>
> No, I mixed up patches :P. This was meant as a comment to
> "serial: 8250_lpss: Balance reference count for PCI DMA device"
>
> byt_serial_exit() isn't called when byt_serial_setup() fails with EINVAL if
> I'm looking correctly.

I see now, thanks for catching this!
I will send a v2 soon.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko