Re: [PATCH 01/11] Input: iqs7222 - drop unused device node references

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On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 09:04:06PM -0500, Jeff LaBundy wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
> 
> Thank you for taking a look.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 02:17:21PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 08:15:38AM -0500, Jeff LaBundy wrote:
> > > Each call to device/fwnode_get_named_child_node() must be matched
> > > with a call to fwnode_handle_put() once the corresponding node is
> > > no longer in use. This ensures a reference count remains balanced
> > > in the case of dynamic device tree support.
> > > 
> > > Currently, the driver never calls fwnode_handle_put(). This patch
> > > adds the missing calls.
> > 
> > Hmm, dev_fwnode() however does not do that, which means that
> > iqs7222_parse_props() has different refounting, depending on what is
> > being fetched. I think we need to start there.
> 
> Right, but none of the callers that prompt iqs7222_parse_props() to
> use dev_fwnode() follow with fwnode_handle_put().

I think this is a problem that code has to be aware of that and behave
differently. I'd recommend bumping up refcount in dev_fwnode() path so
that all callers would behave uniformly. 

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry



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