3.2.87-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 99e5cde5eae78bef95bfe7c16ccda87fb070149b upstream. Make sure to drop any device reference taken by vio_find_node() when adding and removing virtual I/O slots. Fixes: 5eeb8c63a38f ("[PATCH] PCI Hotplug: rpaphp: Move VIO registration") Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c @@ -259,8 +259,13 @@ static int dlpar_add_phb(char *drc_name, static int dlpar_add_vio_slot(char *drc_name, struct device_node *dn) { - if (vio_find_node(dn)) + struct vio_dev *vio_dev; + + vio_dev = vio_find_node(dn); + if (vio_dev) { + put_device(&vio_dev->dev); return -EINVAL; + } if (!vio_register_device_node(dn)) { printk(KERN_ERR @@ -336,6 +341,9 @@ static int dlpar_remove_vio_slot(char *d return -EINVAL; vio_unregister_device(vio_dev); + + put_device(&vio_dev->dev); + return 0; }