3.2.67-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <m...@redhat.com>
commit a1eb03f546d651a8f39c7d0692b1f7f5b4e7e3cd upstream.
The reason we defer kfree until release function is because it's a
general rule for kobjects: kfree of the reference counter itself is only
legal in the release function.
Previous patch didn't make this clear, document this in code.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk>
---
drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
@@ -615,6 +615,9 @@ static void virtio_pci_release_dev(struc
struct virtio_device *vdev = dev_to_virtio(_d);
struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vdev);
+ /* As struct device is a kobject, it's not safe to
+ * free the memory (including the reference counter itself)
+ * until it's release callback. */
kfree(vp_dev);
}
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