RE: [PATCH 1/2] ASoC: Intel: maxim-common: get codec number from ACPI

[Lu, Brent]

> > > +/* helper function to get the number of specific codec */
> 
> ...and leak a lot of reference counts...
> 
> > > +static int get_num_codecs(const char *hid) {
> > > +	struct acpi_device *adev = NULL;
> > > +	int dev_num = 0;
> > > +
> > > +	do {
> > > +		adev = acpi_dev_get_next_match_dev(adev, hid, NULL, -1);
> >
> > Humm, I am a bit worried about reference counts.
> >
> > See
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/acpi/utils.c#L9
> > 16, it's not clear to me where the get() is done.
> >
> > Adding Andy to make sure this is done right.
> 
> Thank you for Cc'ing.
> 
> Yes, the above code is problematic. One has to use the respective for_each macro
> (defined nearby the used API).
> 
> > > +		if (adev)
> > > +			dev_num++;
> > > +	} while (adev != NULL);
> > > +
> > > +	return dev_num;
> > > +}
> 
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
> 
Hi Andy,

Each invocation of acpi_dev_get_next_match_dev() calls acpi_dev_put() to release the
adev from previous call. And the last call returns NULL. It seems to me the reference count
should be fine. Is my understanding correct?

I saw the macro for_each_acpi_dev_match and re-write the function as follow. Thanks for
suggesting using the macro.

/* helper function to get the number of specific codec */
static int get_num_codecs(const char *hid) {
	struct acpi_device *adev;
	int dev_num = 0;

	for_each_acpi_dev_match(adev, hid, NULL, -1)
		dev_num++;

	return dev_num;
}

Will test it in next few days.

Regards,
Brent