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    SubjectRe: [patch 2.6.29-rc7 regulator-next] regulator: refcount fixes
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    On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 16:43 -0800, David Brownell wrote:
    > From: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
    >
    > Fix some refcounting issues in the regulator framework, supporting
    > regulator_disable() for regulators that were enabled at boot time
    > via machine constraints:
    >
    > - Update those regulators' usecounts after enabling, so they
    > can cleanly be disabled at that level.
    >
    > - Remove the problematic per-consumer usecount, so there's
    > only one level of enable/disable.
    >
    > Buggy consumers could notice different bug symptoms. The main
    > example would be refcounting bugs; also, any (out-of-tree) users
    > of the experimental regulator_set_optimum_mode() stuff which
    > don't call it when they're done using a regulator.
    >
    > This is a net minor codeshrink.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
    > ---

    Applied.

    Thanks

    Liam



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