Re: [PATCH 0/7] replace cdev_by_name() with cdev_open_by_name()

[Marco Felsch <m.felsch@pengutronix.de>]

Hi Sascha,

On 24-05-16, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> As Ahmad noticed cdev_by_name() doesn't increase the reference counting
> on the returned cdev which causes problems further down the road. This
> series replaces some of the easier occurences of cdev_by_name() with
> cdev_open_by_name().

Can we kindly inform the user with a print_once() or so that
cdev_by_name should be replaced with cdev_open_by_name()?

Regards,
  Marco

> Sascha Hauer (7):
>   ARM: Freescale i.MX23 evk: use cdev_open_by_name()
>   ARM: tx28: use cdev_open_by_name()
>   ARM: omap: use cdev_open_by_name()
>   ARM: Rockchip: use cdev_open_by_name()
>   commands: devlookup: use cdev_open_by_name()
>   commands: findmnt: use cdev_open_by_name()
>   bootm: use cdev_open_by_name()
> 
>  arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx23-evk/mx23-evk.c | 13 +++++++------
>  arch/arm/boards/karo-tx28/tx28-stk5.c         | 13 ++++++++-----
>  arch/arm/mach-omap/omap_generic.c             |  5 ++++-
>  arch/arm/mach-rockchip/bbu.c                  |  8 +++++++-
>  commands/devlookup.c                          | 15 ++++++++++-----
>  commands/findmnt.c                            |  3 ++-
>  common/bootm.c                                |  5 ++++-
>  7 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.39.2
> 
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