linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 6/9] KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: New helper functions to free the caches

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Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2017 03:20:21 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:     Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>
Cc:     <eric.auger.pro@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu>,
        <cdall@...aro.org>, <peter.maydell@...aro.org>,
        <andre.przywara@....com>, <wanghaibin.wang@...wei.com>,
        <wu.wubin@...wei.com>, <drjones@...hat.com>, <wei@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 6/9] KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: New helper functions to free the caches

On Thu, Oct 26 2017 at  6:23:08 pm BST, Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com> wrote:
> From: wanghaibin <wanghaibin.wang@...wei.com>
>
> We create two new functions that free the device and
> collection lists. They are currently called by vgic_its_destroy()
> and other callers will be added in subsequent patches.
>
> We also remove the check on its->device_list.next.
> Lists are initialized in vgic_create_its() and the device
> is added to the device list only if this latter succeeds.
>
> vgic_its_destroy is the device destroy ops. This latter is called
> by kvm_destroy_devices() which loops on all created devices. So
> at this point the list is initialized.
>
> Signed-off-by: wanghaibin <wanghaibin.wang@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>

	M.
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