[RFC 01/11] powerpc/powernv/ioda: Fix ref count for devices with their own PE

[Frederic Barrat]

Taking a reference on the pci_dev structure was required with initial
commit 184cd4a3b962 ("powerpc/powernv: PCI support for p7IOC under
OPAL v2"), where we we storing the pci dev in the pci_dn structure.

However, the pci_dev was later removed from the pci_dn structure, but
the reference was kept. See 902bdc57451c ("powerpc/powernv/idoa:
Remove unnecessary pcidev from pci_dn").

The pnv_ioda_pe structure life cycle is the same as the pci_dev
structure, the PE is freed when the device is released. So we don't
need a reference for the pci_dev stored in the PE, otherwise the
pci_dev will never be released. Which is not really a surprise as the
comment (removed here as no longer needed) was stating as much.

Fixes: 902bdc57451c ("powerpc/powernv/idoa: Remove unnecessary pcidev from pci_dn")
Signed-off-by: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat at linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c | 11 +----------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
index 10cc42b9e541..3082912e2600 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
@@ -1060,14 +1060,6 @@ static struct pnv_ioda_pe *pnv_ioda_setup_dev_PE(struct pci_dev *dev)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* NOTE: We get only one ref to the pci_dev for the pdn, not for the
-	 * pointer in the PE data structure, both should be destroyed at the
-	 * same time. However, this needs to be looked at more closely again
-	 * once we actually start removing things (Hotplug, SR-IOV, ...)
-	 *
-	 * At some point we want to remove the PDN completely anyways
-	 */
-	pci_dev_get(dev);
 	pdn->pe_number = pe->pe_number;
 	pe->flags = PNV_IODA_PE_DEV;
 	pe->pdev = dev;
@@ -1082,7 +1074,6 @@ static struct pnv_ioda_pe *pnv_ioda_setup_dev_PE(struct pci_dev *dev)
 		pnv_ioda_free_pe(pe);
 		pdn->pe_number = IODA_INVALID_PE;
 		pe->pdev = NULL;
-		pci_dev_put(dev);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -1226,7 +1217,7 @@ static struct pnv_ioda_pe *pnv_ioda_setup_npu_PE(struct pci_dev *npu_pdev)
 			 */
 			dev_info(&npu_pdev->dev,
 				"Associating to existing PE %x\n", pe_num);
-			pci_dev_get(npu_pdev);
+			pci_dev_get(npu_pdev); // still needed after 902bdc57451c2c64aa139bbe24067f70a186db0a ?
 			npu_pdn = pci_get_pdn(npu_pdev);
 			rid = npu_pdev->bus->number << 8 | npu_pdn->devfn;
 			npu_pdn->pe_number = pe_num;
-- 
2.21.0