From 03e81acce5568c7105dc5bef6984c8b0edfe8d45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:44:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] power_supply: Increment power supply use counter when obtaining references Increment the power_supply.use_cnt usage counter on: - power_supply_get_by_phandle() - power_supply_get_by_name() and decrement it on power_supply_put() call. This helps tracking of valid usage of power supply instance by consumers. The usage counter itself also allows safe calling of power_supply_get_property-like functions even when driver unregisters this power supply. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Reviewed-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel --- Reading git-format-patch failed