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vfio: grab vfio_device reference *before* exposing the sucker via fd_install()
authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:32:56 +0000 (21:32 -0400)
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:26:42 +0000 (10:26 -0400)
commitc6c81e61804fea4ba0195243968746942ba34ca8
tree4f7921f9bc1976336afbbbf431450d1d247a6161tree | snapshot
parentd72ec4b11ca04639dbbdfa54bf75ae14be434a7dcommit | diff
vfio: grab vfio_device reference *before* exposing the sucker via fd_install()

It's not critical (anymore) since another thread closing the file will block
on ->device_lock before it gets to dropping the final reference, but it's
definitely cleaner that way...

Acked-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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