From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org,
Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>,
Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] i2c: acpi: put device when verifying client fails
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:51:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200312145141.GY1922688@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200312144908.GX1922688@smile.fi.intel.com>
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 04:49:08PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 04:47:39PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 02:32:44PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
> > >
> > > i2c_verify_client() can fail, so we need to put the device when that
> > > happens.
> >
> > NAK, this will do double put and messing up with reference counters.
> > Besides the fact, that device may disappear after looking up which leads us to
> > even more problems.
> >
> > See how i2c_acpi_find_client_by_adev() is used in callers.
>
> Perhaps proper "fix" is to add the explanation to a comment in the code to
> prevent false positive reports in the future?
Ah, sorry, I need to read it more carefully...
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-12 14:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-12 13:32 [RFC PATCH] i2c: acpi: put device when verifying client fails Wolfram Sang
2020-03-12 13:38 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-03-12 14:47 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-03-12 14:49 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-03-12 14:51 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2020-03-12 15:14 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-03-13 11:29 ` Mika Westerberg
2020-03-13 14:16 ` Wolfram Sang
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