Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] i2c: muxes: i2c-demux-pinctrl: Use of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node()

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:10:15 +0200
Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com> wrote:

> i2c-demux-pinctrl uses the pair of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node() /
> i2c_put_adapter(). These pair alone is not correct to properly lock the
> I2C parent adapter.
> 
> Indeed,	i2c_put_adapter() decrements the module refcount while
Odd spacing in here - looks like some tabs sneaked in.
> of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node() does not increment it. This leads to an
> underflow of the parent module refcount.
> 
> Use the	dedicated function, of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node(), to handle
> correctly the module refcount.
> 
> Fixes: 50a5ba876908 ("i2c: mux: demux-pinctrl: add driver")
> Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
> Acked-by: Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se>

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>

> ---
>  drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-demux-pinctrl.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-demux-pinctrl.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-demux-pinctrl.c
> index 22f2280eab7f..9f2e4aa28159 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-demux-pinctrl.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-demux-pinctrl.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int i2c_demux_activate_master(struct i2c_demux_pinctrl_priv *priv, u32 ne
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto err;
>  
> -	adap = of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node(priv->chan[new_chan].parent_np);
> +	adap = of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node(priv->chan[new_chan].parent_np);
>  	if (!adap) {
>  		ret = -ENODEV;
>  		goto err_with_revert;