Re: [PATCH 1/3] msi: add forgotten pci_dev_put(pdev) to populate_msi_sysfs()

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Wed Sep 25 2013 - 17:30:40 EST


On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Also, I think it is incorrect that free_msi_irqs() does this:
>
> if (entry->kobj.parent) {
> kobject_del(&entry->kobj);
> kobject_put(&entry->kobj);
> }
>
> list_del(&entry->list);
> kfree(entry);
>
> I think the "kfree(entry)" should be in msi_kobj_release() instead.

Oh, I see you fixed this in patch 3/3. I hadn't read that far yet :)

Did you find these problems by inspection, or is there some easy way
to trigger bad behavior? Just wondering if this is some way I can
reproduce the problem.

Bjorn
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