[Qemu-devel] [PULL 3/6] chardev: unref if underlying chardev has no parent

[Marc-André Lureau]

It's possible to write code creating a chardev backend that is not
registered. When it is not user-created, it makes sense to keep it
hidden. Let the associated frontend destroy it also in this case.

Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <address@hidden>
---
 chardev/char-fe.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/chardev/char-fe.c b/chardev/char-fe.c
index f158f158f8..a8931f7afd 100644
--- a/chardev/char-fe.c
+++ b/chardev/char-fe.c
@@ -235,7 +235,12 @@ void qemu_chr_fe_deinit(CharBackend *b, bool del)
             d->backends[b->tag] = NULL;
         }
         if (del) {
-            object_unparent(OBJECT(b->chr));
+            Object *obj = OBJECT(b->chr);
+            if (obj->parent) {
+                object_unparent(obj);
+            } else {
+                object_unref(obj);
+            }
         }
         b->chr = NULL;
     }
-- 
2.19.0.271.gfe8321ec05