linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pci: Fixing drivers/pci/search.c compilation warning.

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Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:07:45 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	"Zhao, Yu" <yu.zhao@...el.com>
Cc:	Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@...scape.net>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"greg@...ah.com" <greg@...ah.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"stable@...nel.org" <stable@...nel.org>,
	Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: Fixing drivers/pci/search.c compilation warning.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:18:43AM +0800, Zhao, Yu wrote:
> Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> >Yes, that's why pci_find_device() is deprecated.  But it doesn't also
> >need to be buggy ;-)
> 
> How about pci_get_bus_and_slot()? People would meet the problem with it 
> anyway.

What problem with it?  It's documented to return the device with an
increased refcount, and the implementation appears to do exactly that:

struct pci_dev * pci_get_bus_and_slot(unsigned int bus, unsigned int devfn)
{
        struct pci_dev *dev = NULL;

        while ((dev = pci_get_device(PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, dev)) != NULL) {
                if (pci_domain_nr(dev->bus) == 0 &&
                   (dev->bus->number == bus && dev->devfn == devfn))
                        return dev;
        }
        return NULL;
}

Are you saying some users of it neglect to decrement the refcount before
disposing of the device?

-- 
Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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