On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 8:10 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevche...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 9:05 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <raf...@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 7:47 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andy.shevche...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 8:32 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <raf...@kernel.org> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 3:47 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > > > <andy.shevche...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > >  static void get_acpi_device(void *dev)
> > > > >  {
> > > > > -       if (dev)
> > > > > -               get_device(&((struct acpi_device *)dev)->dev);
> > > > > +       acpi_dev_get(dev);
> > > >
> > > > I would do
> > > >
> > > > if (dev)
> > > >     acpi_dev_get(dev);
> > > >
> > > > here.
> > >
> > > Hmm... I don't see a point. acpi_dev_get() guaranteed to perform this 
> > > check.
> > >
> > > > >  }
> > >
> > >
> > > > > +static inline void acpi_dev_get(struct acpi_device *adev)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +       if (adev)
> > > > > +               get_device(&adev->dev);
> > > >
> > > > And I would drop the adev check from here (because the code calling it
> > > > may be running with wrong assumptions if adev is NULL).  Or it should
> > > > return adev and the caller should be held responsible for checking it
> > > > against NULL (if they care).
> > >
> > > But this follows the get_device() / put_device() logic.
> >
> > Not really.  get_device() returns a pointer.
> >
> > > Personally I don't think this is a good idea to deviate.
> >
> > Well, exactly. :-)
> >
> > > Note the acpi_bus_get_acpi_device()
> >
> > This also returns a pointer.
>
> Is it okay to return a pointer in acpi_dev_get() then?

Yes, it is, as I've said already.

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