netdev - Re: [patch net-next v3 3/7] devlink: take device reference for devlink object

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Message-ID: <20231017085038.GK1751252@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:50:38 +0200
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 3/7] devlink: take device reference for
 devlink object

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 02:10:25PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
> 
> In preparation to allow to access device pointer without devlink
> instance lock held, make sure the device pointer is usable until
> devlink_release() is called.
> 
> Fixes: c137743bce02 ("devlink: introduce object and nested devlink relationship infra")
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>