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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: pgynther@google.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, f.fainelli@gmail.com,
	thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: phy: adjust fixed_phy_register() return value
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:02:33 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141007.130233.354860766225253280.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGXr9JF8fx6YH3szY=nwxTJeJgopBCW9Kzhcs33q4oFG5GNOBQ@mail.gmail.com>

From: Petri Gynther <pgynther@google.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:47:37 -0700

> I'm not sure if I understand your comment. The caller of
> fixed_phy_register() now gets the pointer to the phydev created by
> get_phy_device(). What other thread is aware of this pointer and how could
> they free it? Isn't the caller of fixed_phy_register() exclusively in
> charge of the created phydev?

If this is the case then my concerns are unfounded.

Thanks for clearing that up and I'll apply your patch, thanks!

      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-10-07 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-06 18:38 [PATCH v2 net-next] net: phy: adjust fixed_phy_register() return value Petri Gynther
2014-10-07  4:07 ` David Miller
2014-10-07 16:48   ` Petri Gynther
     [not found]   ` <CAGXr9JF8fx6YH3szY=nwxTJeJgopBCW9Kzhcs33q4oFG5GNOBQ@mail.gmail.com>
2014-10-07 17:02     ` David Miller [this message]

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