Re: [PATCH 1/8] [I/OAT] DMA memcpy subsystem

On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 01:42:20PM -0800, Chris Leech wrote:
> +void dma_async_device_unregister(struct dma_device* device)
> +{
...
> +	kref_put(&device->refcount, dma_async_device_cleanup);
> +	wait_for_completion(&device->done);
> +}

This looks like a bug: device is dereferenced after it is potentially 
freed.

		-ben
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