Hello,
On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 12:21:37PM -0800, Gwendal Grignou wrote:
> I am wondering if we don't have a circular dependency:
> We do the final put_device (in scsi_host_put) on ap->scsi_host in
> ata_host_release(), but it is not called because
> [scsi_host]->shost_gendev.parent is &ap->tdev which hold the put on
> its parent, ap.
>
> If my understanding is correct, as Tejun pointed out, removing the put
> on ap in ata_tport_release and the get_device(parent) in ata_tport_add
> should unlock the situation.
Heh, I'm not quite sure I follow but something like the following, right?
Matthew, can you please give this a try?
Thanks.
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c b/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
index 7ef16c0..20e2b7a 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ static DECLARE_TRANSPORT_CLASS(ata_port_class,
static void ata_tport_release(struct device *dev)
{
- put_device(dev->parent);
}
/**
@@ -284,7 +283,7 @@ int ata_tport_add(struct device *parent,
device_initialize(dev);
dev->type = &ata_port_type;
- dev->parent = get_device(parent);
+ dev->parent = parent;
dev->release = ata_tport_release;
dev_set_name(dev, "ata%d", ap->print_id);
transport_setup_device(dev);
@@ -348,7 +347,6 @@ static DECLARE_TRANSPORT_CLASS(ata_link_class,
static void ata_tlink_release(struct device *dev)
{
- put_device(dev->parent);
}
/**
@@ -410,7 +408,7 @@ int ata_tlink_add(struct ata_link *link)
int error;
device_initialize(dev);
- dev->parent = get_device(&ap->tdev);
+ dev->parent = &ap->tdev;
dev->release = ata_tlink_release;
if (ata_is_host_link(link))
dev_set_name(dev, "link%d", ap->print_id);
@@ -589,7 +587,6 @@ static DECLARE_TRANSPORT_CLASS(ata_dev_class,
static void ata_tdev_release(struct device *dev)
{
- put_device(dev->parent);
}
/**
@@ -662,7 +659,7 @@ static int ata_tdev_add(struct ata_device *ata_dev)
int error;
device_initialize(dev);
- dev->parent = get_device(&link->tdev);
+ dev->parent = &link->tdev;
dev->release = ata_tdev_release;
if (ata_is_host_link(link))
dev_set_name(dev, "dev%d.%d", ap->print_id,ata_dev->devno);
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