From 8a2d6ffe7740cb8c944968aa9b0705e20afeef87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ira Weiny Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 20:43:04 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify the release of devices from find device auxiliary_find_device() takes a proper get_device() reference on the device before returning the matched device. Users of this call should be informed that they need to properly release this reference with put_device(). Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211202044305.4006853-7-ira.weiny@intel.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/auxiliary.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c index 7192f7d03a05e..ab5315681a429 100644 --- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c +++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c @@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__auxiliary_device_add); * This function returns a reference to a device that is 'found' * for later use, as determined by the @match callback. * + * The reference returned should be released with put_device(). + * * The callback should return 0 if the device doesn't match and non-zero * if it does. If the callback returns non-zero, this function will * return to the caller and not iterate over any more devices. -- 2.30.2