Re: [PATCH 3/9] Thermal: Add APIs to bind cdev to new zone structure

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Jan 07 2013 - 14:25:53 EST


On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 12:43:20PM +0530, Durgadoss R wrote:
> +struct thermal_cooling_device *get_cdev_by_name(const char *name)
> +{
> + struct thermal_cooling_device *pos;
> + struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev = NULL;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&cdev_list_lock);
> + for_each_cdev(pos) {
> + if (!strnicmp(pos->type, name, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH)) {
> + cdev = pos;
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> + mutex_unlock(&cdev_list_lock);
> + return cdev;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_cdev_by_name);

EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL?

You also forgot to increment the reference count, which is required for
all reference counted objects.

thanks,

greg k-h
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