Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:35:56 +0000 | From | Alan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pci: Introduce pci_find_present |
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On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:26:39 +0100 Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 16:24 +0000, Alan wrote: > > This works like pci_dev_present but instead of returning boolean returns > > the matching pci_device_id entry. This makes it much more useful. Code > > bloat is basically nil as the old boolean function is rewritten in terms > > of the new one. > > > > shouldn't this take a refcount on the device (which the user of this > function then has to put again) ?
Nope. It is returning a pci_device_id from an array of pci_device_id values that were passed into the function. It is not returning a pci device so it does not require refcounts.
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