[PATCH 0/7] power_supply: Decrement the device reference counter

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Wed Oct 15 05:18:41 PDT 2014


Hi!

> The reference counter of device allocated for power supply was
> incremented with each call to power_supply_get_by_name() and
> power_supply_get_by_phandle().
> 
> Add a symmetric 'put' operation so the device could be released after
> final put_device() call during supply unregistering.
> 
> 
> Rebased on next-20141007 + mine [1] patchset.
> Tested on Trats2 board (max77693 + charger manager).
> 
> Kindly asking for reviewing/testing other drivers.

I'm not sure if we should support power_supply_put(NULL), but
otherwise the series looks ok to me.

Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz>

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