The reference counting was necessary on these instances because it was possible for NPIV ports to be destroyed after the N_Port. A previous patch ensures that all NPIV ports are destroyed before the N_Port making the need to track references on the interface unnecessary. Signed-off-by: Robert Love <robert.w.love@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Ross Brattain <ross.b.brattain@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c | 48 +++++----------------------------------------- drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.h | 3 --- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c index f5286c4..0233242 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c @@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ static struct fcoe_interface *fcoe_interface_create(struct net_device *netdev, } dev_hold(netdev); - kref_init(&fcoe->kref); /* * Initialize FIP. @@ -404,42 +403,6 @@ out: } /** - * fcoe_interface_release() - fcoe_port kref release function - * @kref: Embedded reference count in an fcoe_interface struct - */ -static void fcoe_interface_release(struct kref *kref) -{ - struct fcoe_interface *fcoe; - struct net_device *netdev; - - fcoe = container_of(kref, struct fcoe_interface, kref); - netdev = fcoe->netdev; - /* tear-down the FCoE controller */ - fcoe_ctlr_destroy(&fcoe->ctlr); - kfree(fcoe); - dev_put(netdev); - module_put(THIS_MODULE); -} - -/** - * fcoe_interface_get() - Get a reference to a FCoE interface - * @fcoe: The FCoE interface to be held - */ -static inline void fcoe_interface_get(struct fcoe_interface *fcoe) -{ - kref_get(&fcoe->kref); -} - -/** - * fcoe_interface_put() - Put a reference to a FCoE interface - * @fcoe: The FCoE interface to be released - */ -static inline void fcoe_interface_put(struct fcoe_interface *fcoe) -{ - kref_put(&fcoe->kref, fcoe_interface_release); -} - -/** * fcoe_interface_cleanup() - Clean up a FCoE interface * @fcoe: The FCoE interface to be cleaned up * @@ -486,7 +449,11 @@ static void fcoe_interface_cleanup(struct fcoe_interface *fcoe) rtnl_unlock(); /* Release the self-reference taken during fcoe_interface_create() */ - fcoe_interface_put(fcoe); + /* tear-down the FCoE controller */ + fcoe_ctlr_destroy(fip); + kfree(fcoe); + dev_put(netdev); + module_put(THIS_MODULE); } /** @@ -968,9 +935,6 @@ static void fcoe_if_destroy(struct fc_lport *lport) dev_uc_del(netdev, port->data_src_addr); rtnl_unlock(); - /* Release reference held in fcoe_if_create() */ - fcoe_interface_put(fcoe); - /* Free queued packets for the per-CPU receive threads */ fcoe_percpu_clean(lport); @@ -1160,7 +1124,6 @@ static struct fc_lport *fcoe_if_create(struct fcoe_interface *fcoe, goto out_lp_destroy; } - fcoe_interface_get(fcoe); return lport; out_lp_destroy: @@ -2105,7 +2068,6 @@ static void fcoe_destroy_work(struct work_struct *work) fcoe = port->priv; fcoe_if_destroy(port->lport); - fcoe_interface_cleanup(fcoe); mutex_unlock(&fcoe_config_mutex); diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.h b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.h index bcc89e6..3c2733a 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.h +++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.h @@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ do { \ * @ctlr: The FCoE controller (for FIP) * @oem: The offload exchange manager for all local port * instances associated with this port - * @kref: The kernel reference - * * This structure is 1:1 with a net devive. */ struct fcoe_interface { @@ -83,7 +81,6 @@ struct fcoe_interface { struct packet_type fip_packet_type; struct fcoe_ctlr ctlr; struct fc_exch_mgr *oem; - struct kref kref; }; #define fcoe_from_ctlr(fip) container_of(fip, struct fcoe_interface, ctlr) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html