On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 09:21:23AM +0000, R, Durgadoss wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gre...@linuxfoundation.org] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:56 AM > > To: R, Durgadoss > > Cc: Zhang, Rui; linux...@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > > eduardo.valen...@ti.com; hongbo.zh...@linaro.org; w...@nvidia.com > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] Thermal: Add APIs to bind cdev to new zone > > structure > > > > 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? > > We have all other exports as EXPORT_SYMBOL in this file(thermal_sys.c) > If _GPL is required, the we will do a single patch changing all of them to > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
Fair enough. > > You also forgot to increment the reference count, which is required for > > all reference counted objects. > > Sorry, I could not get what you are saying here. You are doing a "get" call, yet you are failing to increment a reference count on the object. That isn't allowed and can cause bad problems. Please use proper reference counting for your structures. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/