class_find_device gets a ref to the device so we must release it.
The class will serialize access to the ep so we do not have to worry
about a remove racing with the callers access, so we can simplify the
use and drop the ref right away.
Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
struct iscsi_endpoint *iscsi_lookup_endpoint(u64 handle)
{
+ struct iscsi_endpoint *ep;
struct device *dev;
dev = class_find_device(&iscsi_endpoint_class, &handle,
if (!dev)
return NULL;
- return iscsi_dev_to_endpoint(dev);
+ ep = iscsi_dev_to_endpoint(dev);
+ /*
+ * we can drop this now because the interface will prevent
+ * removals and lookups from racing.
+ */
+ put_device(dev);
+ return ep;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_lookup_endpoint);