Hi Laurent,
Thanks for the patch:
On 17/05/17 00:20, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Direct callers of the FCP API hold a reference to the FCP module due to
> module linkage, there's no need to take another one manually. Take a
> reference to the device instead to ensure that it won't disappear behind
> the caller's back.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/rcar-fcp.c | 11 ++---------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/rcar-fcp.c b/drivers/media/platform/rcar-fcp.c
> index 7146fc5ef168..e9f609edf513 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/rcar-fcp.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/rcar-fcp.c
> @@ -53,14 +53,7 @@ struct rcar_fcp_device *rcar_fcp_get(const struct device_node *np)
> if (fcp->dev->of_node != np)
> continue;
>
> - /*
> - * Make sure the module won't be unloaded behind our back. This
> - * is a poor man's safety net, the module should really not be
> - * unloaded while FCP users can be active.
> - */
> - if (!try_module_get(fcp->dev->driver->owner))
> - fcp = NULL;
> -
> + get_device(fcp->dev);
> goto done;
> }
>
> @@ -81,7 +74,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcar_fcp_get);
> void rcar_fcp_put(struct rcar_fcp_device *fcp)
> {
> if (fcp)
> - module_put(fcp->dev->driver->owner);
> + put_device(fcp->dev);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcar_fcp_put);
>
>
