linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfio/mdev: update outdated comment

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Message-ID: <20260105150417.GE125261@ziepe.ca>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 11:04:17 -0400
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
Cc: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>, yunbolyu@....edu.sg,
	kexinsun@...il.nju.edu.cn, ratnadiraw@....edu.sg,
	xutong.ma@...ia.fr, Alex Williamson <alex@...zbot.org>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio/mdev: update outdated comment

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 05:41:13PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> The function add_mdev_supported_type() was renamed mdev_type_add() in
> commit da44c340c4fe ("vfio/mdev: simplify mdev_type handling").
> Update the comment accordingly.
> 
> Note that just as mdev_type_release() now states that its put pairs
> with the get in mdev_type_add(), mdev_type_add() already stated that
> its get pairs with the put in mdev_type_release().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason