[PATCH 0/7] replace cdev_by_name() with cdev_open_by_name()

[Sascha Hauer]

On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 04:43:04PM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:
> Hi Sascha,
> 
> On 24-05-16, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > As Ahmad noticed cdev_by_name() doesn't increase the reference counting
> > on the returned cdev which causes problems further down the road. This
> > series replaces some of the easier occurences of cdev_by_name() with
> > cdev_open_by_name().
> 
> Can we kindly inform the user with a print_once() or so that
> cdev_by_name should be replaced with cdev_open_by_name()?

Some of the call sites of cdev_by_name() are used frequently on all
boards, so this wouldn't be practical.

Sascha

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