vfio: Use a refcount_t instead of a kref in the vfio_group
The next patch adds a struct device to the struct vfio_group, and it is confusing/bad practice to have two krefs in the same struct. This kref is controlling the period when the vfio_group is registered in sysfs, and visible in the internal lookup. Switch it to a refcount_t instead. The refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock() is still required because we need atomicity of the list searches and sysfs presence. Reviewed-by: Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4-v3-2fdfe4ca2cc6+18c-vfio_group_cdev_jgg@nvidia.comSigned-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
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