From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
To: Manikandan Muralidharan <manikandan.m@microchip.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/8] nvmem: core: take a reference on dev.of_node in nvmem_register()
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:36:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87qzhsznjp.fsf@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2e21cc4b871da8764e3a12d0ebdcf7cb799149ab.1790847519.git.manikandan.m@microchip.com> (Manikandan Muralidharan's message of "Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:10:07 +0530")
On 14/10/2026 at 12:10:07 +0530, Manikandan Muralidharan <manikandan.m@microchip.com> wrote:
> nvmem_register() stores config->of_node (or config->dev->of_node)
> into nvmem->dev.of_node without taking its own reference. Callers
> that get the node via of_get_compatible_child() etc. and drop their
> reference right after registering leave nvmem->dev.of_node backed by
> no reference at all.
>
> Take an of_node_get() when assigning nvmem->dev.of_node and release
> it in nvmem_release(). Existing callers that hold their own get/put
> pair around the registration call need no changes, since get/put on
> a device_node is per-holder and independent of core now also holding
> one.
>
> Suggested-by: Michael Walle <mwalle@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Manikandan Muralidharan <manikandan.m@microchip.com>
Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/8] nvmem: core: take a reference on dev.of_node in nvmem_register()
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:36:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87qzhsznjp.fsf@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2e21cc4b871da8764e3a12d0ebdcf7cb799149ab.1790847519.git.manikandan.m@microchip.com> (Manikandan Muralidharan's message of "Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:10:07 +0530")
On 14/10/2026 at 12:10:07 +0530, Manikandan Muralidharan <manikandan.m@microchip.com> wrote:
> nvmem_register() stores config->of_node (or config->dev->of_node)
> into nvmem->dev.of_node without taking its own reference. Callers
> that get the node via of_get_compatible_child() etc. and drop their
> reference right after registering leave nvmem->dev.of_node backed by
> no reference at all.
>
> Take an of_node_get() when assigning nvmem->dev.of_node and release
> it in nvmem_release(). Existing callers that hold their own get/put
> pair around the registration call need no changes, since get/put on
> a device_node is per-holder and independent of core now also holding
> one.
>
> Suggested-by: Michael Walle <mwalle@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Manikandan Muralidharan <manikandan.m@microchip.com>
Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-14 8:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-14 6:40 [PATCH v8 0/8] Read MAC address from SST vendor specific SFDP region Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` [PATCH v8 1/8] dt-bindings: mtd: jedec,spi-nor: allow the SFDP to be exposed via NVMEM Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` [PATCH v8 2/8] dt-bindings: nvmem: layouts: add Microchip/SST SFDP EUI layout Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` [PATCH v8 3/8] nvmem: core: take a reference on dev.of_node in nvmem_register() Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 8:36 ` Miquel Raynal [this message]
2026-10-14 8:36 ` Miquel Raynal
2026-10-14 6:40 ` [PATCH v8 4/8] mtd: spi-nor: sfdp: expose the SFDP as a read-only NVMEM device Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 8:38 ` Miquel Raynal
2026-10-14 8:38 ` Miquel Raynal
2026-10-14 6:40 ` [PATCH v8 5/8] nvmem: layouts: add Microchip/SST SFDP EUI layout driver Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 8:52 ` Miquel Raynal
2026-10-14 8:52 ` Miquel Raynal
2026-10-14 6:40 ` [PATCH v8 6/8] ARM: dts: microchip: sama5d27_wlsom1: use fixed-partitions for QSPI flash Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` [PATCH v8 7/8] ARM: dts: microchip: sama5d27_wlsom1: read MAC address from QSPI SFDP Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` [PATCH v8 8/8] ARM: configs: sama5: enable Microchip/SST SFDP EUI NVMEM layout Manikandan Muralidharan
2026-10-14 6:40 ` Manikandan Muralidharan
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