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power_supply: Increment power supply use counter when obtaining references
authorKrzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>
Thu, 12 Mar 2015 07:44:13 +0000 (08:44 +0100)
committerSebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:15:52 +0000 (23:15 +0100)
commit03e81acce5568c7105dc5bef6984c8b0edfe8d45
tree5a23f5c2245e9d4f170e644e2050638c225b51a1
parent1a352462b5377ac68f5955d674b3460c7bac52a3
power_supply: Increment power supply use counter when obtaining references

Increment the power_supply.use_cnt usage counter on:
 - power_supply_get_by_phandle()
 - power_supply_get_by_name()
and decrement it on power_supply_put() call.

This helps tracking of valid usage of power supply instance by
consumers. The usage counter itself also allows safe calling of
power_supply_get_property-like functions even when driver unregisters
this power supply.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
drivers/power/power_supply_core.c