Re: [PATCH] xen/pcifront: Fix PCI device reference leak in AER handling

On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 11:31:38PM +0800, Ruoyu Wang wrote:
> pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() increments the reference count of the
> returned PCI device. pcifront_common_process() drops that reference only
> when the device or its driver is missing. All paths for a bound device
> either return directly after invoking an error recovery callback or fall
> through without calling pci_dev_put(). Consequently, each AER request for
> a bound device leaks a reference and can keep the device allocated after
> removal.
> 
> Store the callback result, release the reference after callback dispatch,
> and then return the result. This keeps the device alive while its callback
> runs and balances the lookup on every successful path.

Please use __free(pci_dev_put) instead, it'll simplify this patch
and the resulting function considerably.

Thanks,

Lukas