net: phy: add a note about refcounting
Recently, a patch has been submitted to "fix" the refcounting for a DT node in of_mdiobus_link_mdiodev(). This is not a leaked refcount. The refcount is passed to the new device. Sadly, coccicheck identifies this location as a leaked refcount, which means we're likely to keep getting patches to "fix" this. However, fixing this will cause breakage. Add a comment to state that the lack of of_node_put() here is intentional. Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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