staging: comedi: kcomedilib: increment reference while device in use
Low-level comedi drivers that use the "kcomedilib" module (currently only
the "comedi_bond" driver) call `comedi_open()` to "open" another comedi
device (not as a file) and `comedi_close()` to "close" it. (Note: these
are the functions exported by the "kcomedilib" module, not the
identically named, statically linked functions in the core "comedi"
module.)
In `comedi_open()`, call `comedi_dev_get_from_minor()` instead of
`comedi_dev_from_minor()` to get the pointer to the `struct
comedi_device` being "opened". This increments its reference count to
prevent it being freed. Call `comedi_dev_put()` if `comedi_open()`
returns `NULL`, and also call it from `comedi_close()`. This decrements
the reference count.
Note that although we now protect against the `struct comedi_device`
being freed, we do not yet protect against it being "detached" while it
is being used. This will be addressed by a later patch.
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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