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The char device setup and cleanup has device lifetime issues regarding when
parts are initialized and cleaned up. The initialization of struct device is
done incorrectly. device_initialize() needs to be called on the 'struct
device' and then additional changes can be added. The ->release() function
needs to be setup via device_type before dev_set_name() to allow proper
cleanup. The change re-parents the cdev under the wq->conf_dev to get
natural reference inheritance. No known dependency on the old device path exists.
Reported-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Fixes: 42d279f913 ("dmaengine: idxd: add char driver to expose submission portal to userland")
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161852987721.2203940.1478218825576630810.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
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