qdev: Drop misleading qdev_free() function

The qdev_free() function name is misleading since all the function does
is unlink the device from its parent.  The device is not necessarily
freed.

The device will be freed when its QObject refcount reaches zero.  It is
usual for the parent (bus) to hold the final reference but there are
cases where something else holds a reference so "free" is a misleading
name.

Call object_unparent(obj) directly instead of having a qdev wrapper
function.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index 533f6dd122..e374a9399f 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ int qdev_init(DeviceState *dev)
     if (local_err != NULL) {
         qerror_report_err(local_err);
         error_free(local_err);
-        qdev_free(dev);
+        object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
         return -1;
     }
     return 0;
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ void qbus_reset_all_fn(void *opaque)
 int qdev_simple_unplug_cb(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     /* just zap it */
-    qdev_free(dev);
+    object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -280,12 +280,6 @@ void qdev_init_nofail(DeviceState *dev)
     }
 }
 
-/* Unlink device from bus and free the structure.  */
-void qdev_free(DeviceState *dev)
-{
-    object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
-}
-
 void qdev_machine_creation_done(void)
 {
     /*
@@ -458,7 +452,7 @@ static void bus_unparent(Object *obj)
 
     while ((kid = QTAILQ_FIRST(&bus->children)) != NULL) {
         DeviceState *dev = kid->child;
-        qdev_free(dev);
+        object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
     }
     if (bus->parent) {
         QLIST_REMOVE(bus, sibling);