Hi Rafael,
On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 03:44:05PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > +/**
> > + * device_create_managed_software_node - Create a software node for a device
> > + * @dev: The device the software node is assigned to.
> > + * @properties: Device properties for the software node.
> > + * @parent: Parent of the software node.
> > + *
> > + * Creates a software node as a managed resource for @dev, which means the
> > + * lifetime of the newly created software node is tied to the lifetime of @dev.
> > + * Software nodes created with this function should not be reused or shared
> > + * because of that. The function takes a deep copy of @properties for the
> > + * software node.
> > + *
> > + * Since the new software node is assigned directly to @dev, and since it should
> > + * not be shared, it is not returned to the caller. The function returns 0 on
> > + * success, and errno in case of an error.
> > + */
> > +int device_create_managed_software_node(struct device *dev,
> > + const struct property_entry *properties,
> > + const struct software_node *parent)
> > +{
> > + struct fwnode_handle *p = software_node_fwnode(parent);
> > + struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
> > +
> > + if (parent && !p)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + fwnode = fwnode_create_software_node(properties, p);
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
To answer your question below: here.
> > + if (IS_ERR(fwnode))
> > + return PTR_ERR(fwnode);
> > +
> > + to_swnode(fwnode)->managed = true;
> > + set_secondary_fwnode(dev, fwnode);
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create_managed_software_node);
> > +
> > int software_node_notify(struct device *dev, unsigned long action)
> > {
> > struct swnode *swnode;
> > @@ -1073,6 +1111,11 @@ int software_node_notify(struct device *dev, unsigned long action)
> > sysfs_remove_link(&swnode->kobj, dev_name(dev));
> > sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "software_node");
> > kobject_put(&swnode->kobj);
> > +
> > + if (swnode->managed) {
> > + set_secondary_fwnode(dev, NULL);
> > + kobject_put(&swnode->kobj);
>
> Where does the corresponding kobject_get() get called?
So in function fwnode_create_software_node() we use
kobject_init_and_add().
thanks,
--
heikki
