RE: [PATCH] vfio/mdev: update outdated comment

From: Kirti Wankhede

Date: Mon Jan 12 2026 - 04:53:19 EST



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 30 December 2025 10:11 PM
> To: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: yunbolyu@xxxxxxxxxx; kexinsun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> ratnadiraw@xxxxxxxxxx; xutong.ma@xxxxxxxx; Alex Williamson
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> Subject: [PATCH] vfio/mdev: update outdated comment
>
> The function add_mdev_supported_type() was renamed mdev_type_add() in
> commit da44c340c4fe ("vfio/mdev: simplify mdev_type handling").
> Update the comment accordingly.
>
> Note that just as mdev_type_release() now states that its put pairs
> with the get in mdev_type_add(), mdev_type_add() already stated that
> its get pairs with the put in mdev_type_release().
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@xxxxxxxxxx>