Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] dmaengine: add dma_device_get() helper

[Frank Li <Frank.li@oss.nxp.com>]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 04:27:51PM +0000, Garg, Shivank wrote:
> On Tue, 2026-08-18 at 11:12 -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 03:43:45AM +0000, Shivank Garg wrote:
> > > Add dma_device_get() helper to match dma_device_put() to make code
> > > symmetric. It wraps open-coded kref_get_unless_zero() and asserts that
> > > dma_list_mutex is held, matching its put counterpart.
> > >
> > > No functional change intended.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/dma/dmaengine.c | 9 +++++++--
> > >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> > > index 6ffd8bd82154..77638dc16e71 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> > > @@ -433,6 +433,12 @@ static void dma_device_release(struct kref *ref)
> > >  		device->device_release(device);
> > >  }
> > >
> > > +static bool dma_device_get(struct dma_device *device)
> >
> > Please the same return type of kref_get_unless_zero(),
> >
> > it should be int.
> >
>
> Thanks, refcount_inc_not_zero() (and callees) returns bool to
> kref_get_unless_zero(). I used bool because of boolean result value,
> but I have no strong opinion here. I'll change dma_device_get() to
> return int to match kref_get_unless_zero().
>
>
> I think I should also add __must_check attribute, since kref_get_unless_zero()
> has it.

Yes,

Frank

>
> Thanks,
> Shivank