[media] v4l: vb2-dma-contig: add reference counting for a device from allocator context
authorTomasz Stanislawski <t.stanislaws@samsung.com>
Tue, 7 Aug 2012 16:19:49 +0000 (13:19 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:21:20 +0000 (17:21 -0200)
This patch adds taking reference to the device for MMAP buffers.
Such buffers, may be exported using DMABUF mechanism. If the driver that
created a queue is unloaded then the queue is released, the device might be
released too.  However, buffers cannot be released if they are referenced by
DMABUF descriptor(s). The device pointer kept in a buffer must be valid for the
whole buffer's lifetime. Therefore MMAP buffers should take a reference to the
device to avoid risk of dangling pointers.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Stanislawski <t.stanislaws@samsung.com>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Tested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

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