[PATCH 1/2] of/platform: fix of_platform_device_destroy comment

[PATCH 1/2] of/platform: fix of_platform_device_destroy comment

[Johan Hovold]

Update the comment to of_platform_device_destroy() to reflect that it no
longer returns a status value.

Fixes: 75f353b61342 ("of/platform: Fix of_platform_device_destroy...")
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
---
 drivers/of/platform.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index e4bf07d20f9b..cb4c7800f37d 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -558,9 +558,6 @@ static int of_platform_device_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
  * of the given device (and, recurrently, their children) that have been
  * created from their respective device tree nodes (and only those,
  * leaving others - eg. manually created - unharmed).
- *
- * Returns 0 when all children devices have been removed or
- * -EBUSY when some children remained.
  */
 void of_platform_depopulate(struct device *parent)
 {
-- 
2.7.3

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[PATCH 2/2] of/platform: clarify of_find_device_by_node refcounting

[Johan Hovold]

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>
---
 drivers/of/platform.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index cb4c7800f37d..b8064bc2b6eb 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ static int of_dev_node_match(struct device *dev, void *data)
  * of_find_device_by_node - Find the platform_device associated with a node
  * @np: Pointer to device tree node
  *
+ * Takes a reference to the embedded struct device which needs to be dropped
+ * after use.
+ *
  * Returns platform_device pointer, or NULL if not found
  */
 struct platform_device *of_find_device_by_node(struct device_node *np)
-- 
2.7.3

Re: [PATCH 1/2] of/platform: fix of_platform_device_destroy comment

[Rob Herring]

On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 11:53:21AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Update the comment to of_platform_device_destroy() to reflect that it no
> longer returns a status value.
> 
> Fixes: 75f353b61342 ("of/platform: Fix of_platform_device_destroy...")
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/of/platform.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

Both patches applied.

Rob