On Thu, 09 Feb 2017, Daniel Vetter <dan...@ffwll.ch> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 04:10:12PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Wed, 08 Feb 2017, Thierry Reding <thierry.red...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > This series introduces DRM reference counting APIs that are consistent
>> > with other reference counting APIs in the kernel. They are also much
>> > shorter. Compatibility aliases are added to keep existing code working
>> > and will stay in place until all users of the old APIs are gone.
>>
>> I like it.
>>
>> But it makes drm_connector_list_iter_{get,put} stick out like a sore
>> thumb. Something for the TODO list I guess.
>
> Hm, why is that one the sore thumb now? Just because it's really long? It
> does acquire/drop references behind the scenes, that's why I went with the
> _get/put postfixes ...
I think the assumption is that get/put work on an object, and you can
get/put as many times as you like, as long as you keep them at
balance. AFAICT this doesn't hold for iter.
BR,
Jani.
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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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