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Subject[PATCH V2 6/7] Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify the release of devices from find device
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From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>

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 <ira.weiny@intel.com>
---
drivers/base/auxiliary.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
index 7192f7d03a05..ab5315681a42 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.
--
2.31.1
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