linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] nvdimm: Hold reference on parent while scheduling async init

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Date:   Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:09:48 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     alexander.h.duyck@...ux.intel.com
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-nvdimm <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        Vishal L Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, zwisler@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] nvdimm: Hold reference on parent while scheduling
 async init

On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 1:53 PM Alexander Duyck
<alexander.h.duyck@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> Unlike asynchronous initialization in the core we have not yet associated
> the device with the parent, and as such the device doesn't hold a reference
> to the parent.
>
> In order to resolve that we should be holding a reference on the parent
> until the asynchronous initialization has completed.

Looks good to me. Thanks for splitting this out, applied.