linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfio/mdev: update outdated comment

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Message-ID: <20260119133757.3c0dac5c@shazbot.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:37:57 -0700
From: Alex Williamson <alex@...zbot.org>
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,
 kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio/mdev: update outdated comment

On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:41:13 +0100
Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr> 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(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
> index e44bb44c581e..b2596020e62f 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void mdev_type_release(struct kobject *kobj)
>  	struct mdev_type *type = to_mdev_type(kobj);
>  
>  	pr_debug("Releasing group %s\n", kobj->name);
> -	/* Pairs with the get in add_mdev_supported_type() */
> +	/* Pairs with the get in mdev_type_add() */
>  	put_device(type->parent->dev);
>  }
>  
> 
> 

Applied to vfio next branch for v6.20/7.0.  Thanks,

Alex