Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] vfio: ap: register IOMMU VFIO notifier

[Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com>]

On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:01:26 +0200
Pierre Morel <pmorel@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> @@ -858,7 +887,17 @@ static int vfio_ap_mdev_open(struct mdev_device *mdev)
>  		return ret;
>  	}
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	matrix_mdev->iommu_notifier.notifier_call = vfio_ap_mdev_iommu_notifier;
> +	events = VFIO_IOMMU_NOTIFY_DMA_UNMAP;
> +	ret = vfio_register_notifier(mdev_dev(mdev), VFIO_IOMMU_NOTIFY,
> +				     &events, &matrix_mdev->iommu_notifier);
> +	if (!ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	vfio_unregister_notifier(mdev_dev(mdev), VFIO_GROUP_NOTIFY,
> +				 &matrix_mdev->group_notifier);
> +	module_put(THIS_MODULE);

Can you please explain this module_put() here? I don't see anything in
the cover letter.

Regards,
Halil

> +	return ret;
>  }