Re: [PATCH 2/3] drm/meson: Use drm_dev_put() instead of drm_dev_unref()

From: Neil Armstrong
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 05:34:52 EST


On 12/03/2018 21:15, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> According to 'drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c', 'drm_dev_unref()' is just a
> compatibility alias for 'drm_dev_put()'. So use the latter instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
> index 02b0886debc0..6ee3dd7fa450 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
> @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int meson_drv_bind_master(struct device *dev, bool has_components)
> return 0;
>
> free_drm:
> - drm_dev_unref(drm);
> + drm_dev_put(drm);
>
> return ret;
> }
> @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static void meson_drv_unbind(struct device *dev)
> drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(drm);
> drm_fbdev_cma_fini(priv->fbdev);
> drm_mode_config_cleanup(drm);
> - drm_dev_unref(drm);
> + drm_dev_put(drm);
>
> }
>
>

It's not useless, there is a clear statement :
* This is a compatibility alias for drm_dev_put() and should not be used by new
* code.

Acked-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Neil