Hi Yinghai, On 04/27/2013 05:01 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote: > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> You can't be serious. This is a disgusting mess. Checking a list >> pointer for LIST_POISON1? As far as I'm concerned, this is a waste of >> my time. > > Well, then need to hold the bus ref, and check bus->devices list instead. @@ -341,6 +352,7 @@ remove_store(struct device *dev, struct { int err; unsigned long val; + struct pci_dev *pdev; if (strict_strtoul(buf, 0, &val) < 0) return -EINVAL; @@ -351,9 +363,14 @@ remove_store(struct device *dev, struct /* An attribute cannot be unregistered by one of its own methods, * so we have to use this roundabout approach. */ + pdev = pci_dev_get(to_pci_dev(dev)); There is no need to increase pci_dev's ref here, because we'll increase it in sysfs_schedule_callback. + get_device(&pdev->bus->dev); So the pci_bus' ref management is still needed. err = device_schedule_callback(dev, remove_callback); - if (err) + if (err) { + put_device(&pdev->bus->dev); + pci_dev_put(pdev); return err; + } return count; } -- 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