- /*
- * No need for a release method as we allocate/free
- * all devices together with the pci devices.
- * Provide an empty one to avoid getting a warning from core.
- */
+ struct virtio_device *vdev = dev_to_virtio(_d);
+ struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vdev);
+
+ /* As struct device is a kobject, it's not safe to
+ * free the memory (including the reference counter itself)
+ * until it's release callback. */
+ kfree(vp_dev);