Re: [PATCH v7 10/20] gunyah: rsc_mgr: Add resource manager RPC core

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 05:59:59AM -0800, Elliot Berman wrote:
> +struct gh_rm_rpc {
> +	struct device *dev;
> +	struct gunyah_resource tx_ghrsc, rx_ghrsc;
> +	struct gh_msgq msgq;
> +	struct mbox_client msgq_client;
> +	struct gh_rm_connection *active_rx_connection;
> +	int last_tx_ret;
> +
> +	struct idr call_idr;
> +	struct mutex call_idr_lock;
> +
> +	struct mutex send_lock;
> +
> +	struct work_struct recv_work;
> +};

What handles the reference counting for this object?  Shouldn't this be
a real 'struct device' and just have a pointer to the parent?  Otherwise
how do you know when to free this?

thanks,

greg k-h