virtio_pci: document why we defer kfree

[pandora-kernel.git] / drivers / virtio / virtio_pci_legacy.c

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
index 6c76f0f..a5486e6 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
@@ -211,6 +211,17 @@ static const struct virtio_config_ops virtio_pci_config_ops = {
        .set_vq_affinity = vp_set_vq_affinity,
 };
 
+static void virtio_pci_release_dev(struct device *_d)
+{
+       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);
+}
+
 /* the PCI probing function */
 int virtio_pci_legacy_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
                            const struct pci_device_id *id)
@@ -302,5 +313,4 @@ void virtio_pci_legacy_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
        pci_iounmap(pci_dev, vp_dev->ioaddr);
        pci_release_regions(pci_dev);
        pci_disable_device(pci_dev);
-       kfree(vp_dev);
 }