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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] i2c: muxes: i2c-demux-pinctrl: Use of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node()
Hi Peter,
On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:26:14 +0200
Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> 2023-10-19 at 09:35, Herve Codina 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
> > of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node() does not increment it. This leads to an
> > overflow over zero of the parent adapter user counter.
>
> Perhaps "... underflow of the parent module refcount."?

Will be changed in the next iteration

>
> >
> > Use the dedicated function, of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node(), to handle
> > correctly the module refcount.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
>
> Good find!
>
> Fixes: 50a5ba876908 ("i2c: mux: demux-pinctrl: add driver")
> Acked-by: Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se>
>
Will be added in the next iteration.

Thanks for the review,
Hervé

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