linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: reboot_fixup_32.c add missing pci_dev

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Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:14:22 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: reboot_fixup_32.c add missing pci_dev_put


* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> On 12/02/2009 02:09 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> pci_get_device increments reference count to the found pci device, 
> >> that should be decremented using pci_dev_put.
> > 
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_fixups_32.c
> >> @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ void mach_reboot_fixups(void)
> >>  			continue;
> >>  
> >>  		cur->reboot_fixup(dev);
> >> +		pci_dev_put(dev);
> > 
> > Does this matter in practice? We are about to reboot. (but if it's 
> > cleaner to do it like this or if there's some real bug fixed by this 
> > then please spell it out in the changelog.)
> > 
> 
> Even if it doesn't actually matter, doing things cleanly makes it 
> easier to handle failure scenarios, possibly that are discovered in 
> the future.

certainly - but it would be nice to know whether there's any other 
reason for this but cleanliness/consistency.

	Ingo
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