When aliasing a clock with the qdev_alias_clock() function, a new link
property is created on the device aliasing the clock. The link points
to the aliased clock and use the OBJ_PROP_LINK_STRONG flag. This
property is read only since it does not provide a check callback for
modifications.
The object_property_add_link() documentation stats that with
OBJ_PROP_LINK_STRONG properties, the linked object reference count get
decremented when the property is deleted. But it is _not_ incremented on
creation (object_property_add_link() does not actually know the link).
This commit increments the reference count on the aliased clock to
ensure the aliased clock stays alive during the property lifetime, and
to avoid a double-free memory error when the property gets deleted.
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
Signed-off-by: Luc Michel <luc@lmichel.fr>
Message-Id: <20201020091024.320381-1-luc@lmichel.fr>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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