RE: [PATCH v2 18/20] pinctrl: freescale: mxs: Fix refcount of child

From: Peng Fan
Date: Thu May 30 2024 - 04:44:22 EST


> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 18/20] pinctrl: freescale: mxs: Fix refcount of child
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> How do you think about to use the summary phrase “Fix reference counting
> for children in mxs_pinctrl_probe_dt()”?

Thanks for reviewing. I have no plan to rework this series for non-accepted
patches. If you have interest and time, feel free to take it.

Thanks,
Peng.
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> > of_get_next_child() will increase refcount …
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> the reference counter?
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> > Per current implementation, 'child' will be override by
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> overridden?
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> > for_each_child_of_node(np, child), so use of_get_child_count to avoid
> > refcount leakage.
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> Another wording suggestion:
> for_each_child_of_node(np, child). Thus use an of_get_child_count() call
> to avoid reference counting leakage.
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> Regards,
> Markus