[PATCH] phy: amlogic: phy-meson-axg-mipi-pcie-analog: Hold reference returned by of_get_parent()

[Liang He]

At 2022-09-13 21:55:53, "Vinod Koul" <vkoul at kernel.org> wrote:
>On 05-09-22, 15:21, Liang He wrote:
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>> At 2022-09-02 23:41:14, "Vinod Koul" <vkoul at kernel.org> wrote:
>> >On 05-07-22, 10:15, Liang He wrote:
>> >> We should hold the reference returned by of_get_parent() and use it
>> >> to call of_node_put() for reference balance.
>> >
>> >And why should we hold and drop reference?
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>> >
>> Hi, Vinod Koul,
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>> Thanks very much for your review.
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>> As the of_get_parent() will increase the refcount of the node->parent  and the reference will be discarded 
>> so we should hold the reference , with which we can decrease the refcount.
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>Right, that is correct explanation
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>> If there is any misunderstanding about the of_get_parent() API, please correct me.
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>Nope, just that this explanation is missing from the log...
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>Please add...
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Thank you very much!
I will add it in new version.
>-- 
>~Vinod