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virtio_pci: document why we defer kfree
authorMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Sun, 4 Jan 2015 15:28:27 +0000 (17:28 +0200)
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Tue, 6 Jan 2015 14:35:36 +0000 (16:35 +0200)
commitcc1e3b52814c1dc6b479b3da10b86a4b36eddd3a
tree5c13bec69e729fef992d61b9acaa0710aac6f6b7tree | snapshot
parent20606b4b43aed3c37c3f1a1edd790a62a9a86ddbcommit | diff
virtio_pci: document why we defer kfree

The reason we defer kfree until release function is because it's a
general rule for kobjects: kfree of the reference counter itself is only
legal in the release function.

Previous patch didn't make this clear, document this in code.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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