On Saturday, January 19, 2013 12:07:39 AM Jiang Liu wrote: > According to device model documentation, the way to create/destroy PCI > devices should be symmetric. > > /** > * device_del - delete device from system. > * @dev: device. > * > * This is the first part of the device unregistration > * sequence. This removes the device from the lists we control > * from here, has it removed from the other driver model > * subsystems it was added to in device_add(), and removes it > * from the kobject hierarchy. > * > * NOTE: this should be called manually _iff_ device_add() was > * also called manually. > */ > > The rule is to either use > 1) device_register()/device_unregister() > or > 2) device_initialize()/device_add()/device_del()/put_device(). > > So change PCI core logic to follow the rule and get rid of the redundant > pci_dev_get()/pci_dev_put() pair. This seems to be the same as https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2000051/ Can you please avoid sending duplicates? Rafael > Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/pci/probe.c | 1 - > drivers/pci/remove.c | 4 ++-- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c > index 4f7f963..ec5d28f 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/probe.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c > @@ -1294,7 +1294,6 @@ void pci_device_add(struct pci_dev *dev, struct pci_bus *bus) > { > device_initialize(&dev->dev); > dev->dev.release = pci_release_dev; > - pci_dev_get(dev); > > dev->dev.dma_mask = &dev->dma_mask; > dev->dev.dma_parms = &dev->dma_parms; > diff --git a/drivers/pci/remove.c b/drivers/pci/remove.c > index 513972f..10693f5 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/remove.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/remove.c > @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static void pci_stop_dev(struct pci_dev *dev) > if (dev->is_added) { > pci_proc_detach_device(dev); > pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files(dev); > - device_unregister(&dev->dev); > + device_del(&dev->dev); > dev->is_added = 0; > } > > @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static void pci_destroy_dev(struct pci_dev *dev) > up_write(&pci_bus_sem); > > pci_free_resources(dev); > - pci_dev_put(dev); > + put_device(&dev->dev); > } > > void pci_remove_bus(struct pci_bus *bus) > -- I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html