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of/platform: clarify of_find_device_by_node refcounting
authorJohan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Tue, 1 Nov 2016 10:53:22 +0000 (11:53 +0100)
committerRob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:17:19 +0000 (09:17 -0600)
commit4fb373dfabee1367b7553003b4d6491ee8bf4c2a
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parent71ec6f4f7314d4d3ac44bae038bd748bd7961dc6commit | diff
of/platform: clarify of_find_device_by_node refcounting

Add comment clarifying that of_find_device_by_node() takes a reference
to the embedded struct device which needs to be dropped after use.

Note that most current users fail to do so.

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
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