From 1a352462b5377ac68f5955d674b3460c7bac52a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:44:12 +0100 Subject: power_supply: Add power_supply_put for decrementing device reference counter The power_supply_get_by_phandle() and power_supply_get_by_name() use function class_find_device() for obtaining the reference to power supply. Each use of class_find_device() increases the power supply's device reference counter. However the reference counter was not decreased by users of this API. Thus final device_unregister() call from power_supply_unregister() could not release the device and clean up its resources. This lead to memory leak if at least once power_supply_get_by_*() was called between registering and unregistering the power supply. Add and document new API power_supply_put() for decrementing the reference counter. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Acked-by: Pavel Machek Reviewed-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Reviewed-by: Sebastian Reichel Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel --- include/linux/power_supply.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux/power_supply.h') diff --git a/include/linux/power_supply.h b/include/linux/power_supply.h index ea15eb68f609..75a1dd8dc56e 100644 --- a/include/linux/power_supply.h +++ b/include/linux/power_supply.h @@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ extern struct atomic_notifier_head power_supply_notifier; extern int power_supply_reg_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); extern void power_supply_unreg_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); extern struct power_supply *power_supply_get_by_name(const char *name); +extern void power_supply_put(struct power_supply *psy); #ifdef CONFIG_OF extern struct power_supply *power_supply_get_by_phandle(struct device_node *np, const char *property); -- cgit