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The vfio_device->group value has a get obtained during vfio_add_group_dev() which gets moved from the stack to vfio_device->group in vfio_group_create_device(). The reference remains until we reach the end of vfio_del_group_dev() when it is put back. Thus anything that already has a kref on the vfio_device is guaranteed a valid group pointer. Remove all the extra reference traffic. It is tricky to see, but the get at the start of vfio_del_group_dev() is actually pairing with the put hidden inside vfio_device_put() a few lines below. A later patch merges vfio_group_create_device() into vfio_add_group_dev() which makes the ownership and error flow on the create side easier to follow. Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Message-Id: <1-v3-225de1400dfc+4e074-vfio1_jgg@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.