Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] cxl/pci: Remove unnecessary device reference management in sanitize work

[Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>]

On 9/29/23 16:09, Dan Williams wrote:
> Given that any particular put_device() could be the final put of the
> device, the fact that there are usages of cxlds->dev after
> put_device(cxlds->dev) is a red flag. Drop the reference counting since
> the device is pinned by being registered and will not be unregistered
> without triggering the driver + workqueue to shutdown.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cxl/pci.c |    5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/pci.c b/drivers/cxl/pci.c
> index 44a21ab7add5..aa1b3dd9e64c 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/pci.c
> @@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ static void cxl_mbox_sanitize_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  	mutex_lock(&mds->mbox_mutex);
>  	if (cxl_mbox_background_complete(cxlds)) {
>  		mds->security.poll_tmo_secs = 0;
> -		put_device(cxlds->dev);
> -
>  		if (mds->security.sanitize_node)
>  			sysfs_notify_dirent(mds->security.sanitize_node);
>  
> @@ -296,9 +294,6 @@ static int __cxl_pci_mbox_send_cmd(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds,
>  		 */
>  		if (mbox_cmd->opcode == CXL_MBOX_OP_SANITIZE) {
>  			if (mds->security.poll) {
> -				/* hold the device throughout */
> -				get_device(cxlds->dev);
> -
>  				/* give first timeout a second */
>  				timeout = 1;
>  				mds->security.poll_tmo_secs = timeout;
>