Re: [PATCH 2/4] software node: allow passing reference args to PROPERTY_ENTRY_REF

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 02:30:54PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 05:39:38PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > When dynamically creating software nodes and properties for subsequent
> > use with software_node_register() current implementation of
> > PROPERTY_ENTRY_REF is not suitable because it creates a temporary
> > instance of struct software_node_ref_args on stack which will later
> > disappear, and software_node_register() only does shallow copy of
> > properties.
> 
> Isn't that the problem and we should take into account how to dup the reference
> inside property core?

Sorry, I actually need to drop the end of that sentence.
software_node_register() expects the caller to maintain the lifetime and
therefore does not do any kind of copying of properties. The majority of
users define static const properties and we do not want to make an extra
copy of them.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry