virtio_pci: document why we defer kfree

commit a1eb03f546d651a8f39c7d0692b1f7f5b4e7e3cd upstream.

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.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
[lizf: Backported to 3.4: adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
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Michael S. Tsirkin 2015-01-04 17:28:27 +02:00 committed by Zefan Li
parent dfa6201a6f
commit 39930a5de9
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@ -627,6 +627,9 @@ 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);
}