Document that the new companion-device lookup helper takes a reference
to the companion device which needs to be dropped after use.

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jo...@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/usb/core/of.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/of.c b/drivers/usb/core/of.c
index d787f195a9a6..d563cbcf76cf 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/of.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/of.c
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_of_get_child_node);
  *
  * Find the companion device from platform bus.
  *
+ * Takes a reference to the returned struct device which needs to be dropped
+ * after use.
+ *
  * Return: On success, a pointer to the companion device, %NULL on failure.
  */
 struct device *usb_of_get_companion_dev(struct device *dev)
-- 
2.13.0

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