net: phy: add a note about refcounting

Recently, a patch has been submitted to "fix" the refcounting for a DT
node in of_mdiobus_link_mdiodev(). This is not a leaked refcount. The
refcount is passed to the new device.

Sadly, coccicheck identifies this location as a leaked refcount, which
means we're likely to keep getting patches to "fix" this. However,
fixing this will cause breakage. Add a comment to state that the lack
of of_node_put() here is intentional.

Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Russell King (Oracle) 2021-12-13 11:05:13 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent be565ec71d
commit d33dae5164

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@ -460,6 +460,9 @@ static void of_mdiobus_link_mdiodev(struct mii_bus *bus,
if (addr == mdiodev->addr) {
device_set_node(dev, of_fwnode_handle(child));
/* The refcount on "child" is passed to the mdio
* device. Do _not_ use of_node_put(child) here.
*/
return;
}
}