linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: rnbd: add .release to rnbd_dev

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Message-ID: <492ab2dc-d062-4dc5-8d48-4e357ea4adbf@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:24:14 +0100
From: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Salah Triki <salah.triki@...il.com>,
        "Md. Haris Iqbal" <haris.iqbal@...os.com>,
        Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@...os.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: rnbd: add .release to rnbd_dev_ktype

On 27/04/2025 23:03, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 4/27/25 9:48 AM, Salah Triki wrote:
>> Every ktype must provides a .release function that will be called after
>> the last kobject_put.

You could mention Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst?h=v6.15-rc3#n279, 
which tells us this. As does the check in kobject_cleanup().

> 
> This commit needs:
> 
> 1) A description of the problem. There's just a vague statement in
>     there.
> 2) A Fixes tag
>