[PATCH] backlight: backlight: Fix doc for backlight_device_get_by_name

Miaoqian Lin posted 1 patch 2 years, 9 months ago
drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH] backlight: backlight: Fix doc for backlight_device_get_by_name
Posted by Miaoqian Lin 2 years, 9 months ago
backlight_put() has been dropped, we should call put_device() to drop
the reference taken by backlight_device_get_by_name().

Fixes: 0f6a3256fd81 ("backlight: backlight: Drop backlight_put()")
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index b788ff3d0f45..6eea72aa8dbf 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(backlight_device_get_by_type);
  *
  * This function looks up a backlight device by its name. It obtains a reference
  * on the backlight device and it is the caller's responsibility to drop the
- * reference by calling backlight_put().
+ * reference by calling put_device().
  *
  * Returns:
  * A pointer to the backlight device if found, otherwise NULL.
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2.25.1
Re: [PATCH] backlight: backlight: Fix doc for backlight_device_get_by_name
Posted by Lee Jones 2 years, 8 months ago
On Thu, 15 Dec 2022, Miaoqian Lin wrote:

> backlight_put() has been dropped, we should call put_device() to drop
> the reference taken by backlight_device_get_by_name().
> 
> Fixes: 0f6a3256fd81 ("backlight: backlight: Drop backlight_put()")
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
Re: [PATCH] backlight: backlight: Fix doc for backlight_device_get_by_name
Posted by Daniel Thompson 2 years, 9 months ago
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 11:19:01AM +0400, Miaoqian Lin wrote:
> backlight_put() has been dropped, we should call put_device() to drop
> the reference taken by backlight_device_get_by_name().
>
> Fixes: 0f6a3256fd81 ("backlight: backlight: Drop backlight_put()")
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>


Daniel.