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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c index 4beaee384906..a5486e65e04b 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c @@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ static void virtio_pci_release_dev(struct device *_d) struct virtio_device *vdev = dev_to_virtio(_d); struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vdev); + /* As struct device is a kobject, it's not safe to + * free the memory (including the reference counter itself) + * until it's release callback. */ kfree(vp_dev); } |