}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_detach_client);
-int i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client *client)
+/**
+ * i2c_use_client - increments the reference count of the i2c client structure
+ * @client: the client being referenced
+ *
+ * Each live reference to a client should be refcounted. The driver model does
+ * that automatically as part of driver binding, so that most drivers don't
+ * need to do this explicitly: they hold a reference until they're unbound
+ * from the device.
+ *
+ * A pointer to the client with the incremented reference counter is returned.
+ */
+struct i2c_client *i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client *client)
{
get_device(&client->dev);
- return 0;
+ return client;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_use_client);
-int i2c_release_client(struct i2c_client *client)
+/**
+ * i2c_release_client - release a use of the i2c client structure
+ * @client: the client being no longer referenced
+ *
+ * Must be called when a user of a client is finished with it.
+ */
+void i2c_release_client(struct i2c_client *client)
{
put_device(&client->dev);
- return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_release_client);
/* First try D1 and then SAA7191 */
if (vino_drvdata->camera.driver
&& (vino_drvdata->camera.owner == VINO_NO_CHANNEL)) {
- if (i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->camera.driver)) {
- ret = -ENODEV;
- goto out;
- }
-
+ i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->camera.driver);
vino_drvdata->camera.owner = vcs->channel;
vcs->input = VINO_INPUT_D1;
vcs->data_norm = VINO_DATA_NORM_D1;
int input, data_norm;
int saa7191_input;
- if (i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->decoder.driver)) {
- ret = -ENODEV;
- goto out;
- }
-
+ i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->decoder.driver);
input = VINO_INPUT_COMPOSITE;
saa7191_input = vino_get_saa7191_input(input);
}
if (vino_drvdata->decoder.owner == VINO_NO_CHANNEL) {
- if (i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->decoder.driver)) {
- ret = -ENODEV;
- goto out;
- }
+ i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->decoder.driver);
vino_drvdata->decoder.owner = vcs->channel;
}
}
if (vino_drvdata->camera.owner == VINO_NO_CHANNEL) {
- if (i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->camera.driver)) {
- ret = -ENODEV;
- goto out;
- }
+ i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->camera.driver);
vino_drvdata->camera.owner = vcs->channel;
}
extern int i2c_attach_client(struct i2c_client *);
extern int i2c_detach_client(struct i2c_client *);
-/* Should be used to make sure that client-struct is valid and that it
- is okay to access the i2c-client.
- returns -ENODEV if client has gone in the meantime */
-extern int i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client *);
-extern int i2c_release_client(struct i2c_client *);
+extern struct i2c_client *i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client *client);
+extern void i2c_release_client(struct i2c_client *client);
/* call the i2c_client->command() of all attached clients with
* the given arguments */