linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/38] sparc: kernel: add missing put

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Date:	Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:43:09 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	levex@...ux.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, federico.vaga@...il.com,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/38] sparc: kernel: add missing put_device call

From: Levente Kurusa <levex@...ux.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:03:16 +0100

> This is required so that we give up the last reference to the device.
> The kfree() has been removed because put_device will set the underlying kref's
> reference count to zero and hence vio_dev_release will get called resulting in
> kfreeing the structure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@...ux.com>

There is no reference held to vdev->dev at this point, that's why
we should directly kfree() it and put_device() is not appropriate.

Pretty much all of your patches have this problem.
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