From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> auxiliary_find_device() takes a proper get_device() reference on the device before returning the matched device. Users of this call should be informed that they need to properly release this reference with put_device(). Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/auxiliary.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c index 7192f7d03a05..ab5315681a42 100644 --- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c +++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c @@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__auxiliary_device_add); * This function returns a reference to a device that is 'found' * for later use, as determined by the @match callback. * + * The reference returned should be released with put_device(). + * * The callback should return 0 if the device doesn't match and non-zero * if it does. If the callback returns non-zero, this function will * return to the caller and not iterate over any more devices. -- 2.31.1
