task_done -- callback when the task has finished execution
 };
 
-When an external entity, entity other than the LLDD or the
-SAS Layer, wants to work with a struct domain_device, it
-_must_ call kobject_get() when getting a handle on the
-device and kobject_put() when it is done with the device.
-
-This does two things:
-     A) implements proper kfree() for the device;
-     B) increments/decrements the kref for all players:
-     domain_device
-       all domain_device's ... (if past an expander)
-           port
-               host adapter
-                    pci device
-                        and up the ladder, etc.
-
 DISCOVERY
 ---------
 
 
 
 void sas_init_dev(struct domain_device *dev)
 {
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->siblings);
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_list_node);
         switch (dev->dev_type) {
         case SAS_END_DEV:
                 break;
        struct sas_rphy *rphy;
        struct domain_device *dev;
 
-       dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+       dev = sas_alloc_device();
        if (!dev)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&port->phy_list_lock, flags);
        if (list_empty(&port->phy_list)) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->phy_list_lock, flags);
-               kfree(dev);
+               sas_put_device(dev);
                return -ENODEV;
        }
        phy = container_of(port->phy_list.next, struct asd_sas_phy, port_phy_el);
        }
 
        if (!rphy) {
-               kfree(dev);
+               sas_put_device(dev);
                return -ENODEV;
        }
        rphy->identify.phy_identifier = phy->phy->identify.phy_identifier;
                               dev_name(sas_ha->dev),
                               SAS_ADDR(dev->sas_addr), res);
                }
+               kref_get(&dev->kref);
        }
        return res;
 }
        struct Scsi_Host *shost = sas_ha->core.shost;
        struct sas_internal *i = to_sas_internal(shost->transportt);
 
-       if (i->dft->lldd_dev_gone)
+       if (i->dft->lldd_dev_gone) {
                i->dft->lldd_dev_gone(dev);
+               sas_put_device(dev);
+       }
 }
 
 /* ---------- Common/dispatchers ---------- */
 
 /* ---------- Device registration and unregistration ---------- */
 
+void sas_free_device(struct kref *kref)
+{
+       struct domain_device *dev = container_of(kref, typeof(*dev), kref);
+
+       if (dev->parent)
+               sas_put_device(dev->parent);
+
+       /* remove the phys and ports, everything else should be gone */
+       if (dev->dev_type == EDGE_DEV || dev->dev_type == FANOUT_DEV)
+               kfree(dev->ex_dev.ex_phy);
+
+       kfree(dev);
+}
+
 static void sas_unregister_common_dev(struct asd_sas_port *port, struct domain_device *dev)
 {
        sas_notify_lldd_dev_gone(dev);
        spin_lock_irq(&port->dev_list_lock);
        list_del_init(&dev->dev_list_node);
        spin_unlock_irq(&port->dev_list_lock);
+
+       sas_put_device(dev);
 }
 
 void sas_unregister_dev(struct asd_sas_port *port, struct domain_device *dev)
                sas_rphy_delete(dev->rphy);
                dev->rphy = NULL;
        }
-       if (dev->dev_type == EDGE_DEV || dev->dev_type == FANOUT_DEV) {
-               /* remove the phys and ports, everything else should be gone */
-               kfree(dev->ex_dev.ex_phy);
-               dev->ex_dev.ex_phy = NULL;
-       }
        sas_unregister_common_dev(port, dev);
 }
 
                list_del_init(&dev->dev_list_node);
                spin_unlock_irq(&port->dev_list_lock);
 
-               kfree(dev); /* not kobject_register-ed yet */
+               sas_put_device(dev);
                port->port_dev = NULL;
        }
 
 
        if (phy->attached_sata_host || phy->attached_sata_ps)
                return NULL;
 
-       child = kzalloc(sizeof(*child), GFP_KERNEL);
+       child = sas_alloc_device();
        if (!child)
                return NULL;
 
+       kref_get(&parent->kref);
        child->parent = parent;
        child->port   = parent->port;
        child->iproto = phy->attached_iproto;
        sas_port_delete(phy->port);
  out_err:
        phy->port = NULL;
-       kfree(child);
+       sas_put_device(child);
        return NULL;
 }
 
                            phy->attached_phy_id);
                return NULL;
        }
-       child = kzalloc(sizeof(*child), GFP_KERNEL);
+       child = sas_alloc_device();
        if (!child)
                return NULL;
 
        child->rphy = rphy;
        edev = rphy_to_expander_device(rphy);
        child->dev_type = phy->attached_dev_type;
+       kref_get(&parent->kref);
        child->parent = parent;
        child->port = port;
        child->iproto = phy->attached_iproto;
                spin_lock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
                list_del(&child->dev_list_node);
                spin_unlock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
-               kfree(child);
+               sas_put_device(child);
                return NULL;
        }
        list_add_tail(&child->siblings, &parent->ex_dev.children);
 
 
 void sas_hae_reset(struct work_struct *work);
 
+void sas_free_device(struct kref *kref);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_HOST_SMP
 extern int sas_smp_host_handler(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct request *req,
                                struct request *rsp);
        sas_port_add_phy(ex->parent_port, ex_phy->phy);
 }
 
+static inline struct domain_device *sas_alloc_device(void)
+{
+       struct domain_device *dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+       if (dev) {
+               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->siblings);
+               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_list_node);
+               kref_init(&dev->kref);
+       }
+       return dev;
+}
+
+static inline void sas_put_device(struct domain_device *dev)
+{
+       kref_put(&dev->kref, sas_free_device);
+}
+
 #endif /* _SAS_INTERNAL_H_ */
 
        return found_dev;
 }
 
-static inline struct domain_device *sas_find_target(struct scsi_target *starget)
-{
-       struct sas_rphy *rphy = dev_to_rphy(starget->dev.parent);
-
-       return sas_find_dev_by_rphy(rphy);
-}
-
 int sas_target_alloc(struct scsi_target *starget)
 {
-       struct domain_device *found_dev = sas_find_target(starget);
+       struct sas_rphy *rphy = dev_to_rphy(starget->dev.parent);
+       struct domain_device *found_dev = sas_find_dev_by_rphy(rphy);
        int res;
 
        if (!found_dev)
                        return res;
        }
 
+       kref_get(&found_dev->kref);
        starget->hostdata = found_dev;
        return 0;
 }
 
 void sas_target_destroy(struct scsi_target *starget)
 {
-       struct domain_device *found_dev = sas_find_target(starget);
+       struct domain_device *found_dev = starget->hostdata;
 
        if (!found_dev)
                return;
        if (dev_is_sata(found_dev))
                ata_sas_port_destroy(found_dev->sata_dev.ap);
 
-       return;
+       starget->hostdata = NULL;
+       sas_put_device(found_dev);
 }
 
 static void sas_parse_addr(u8 *sas_addr, const char *p)
 
 
         void *lldd_dev;
        int gone;
+       struct kref kref;
 };
 
 struct sas_discovery_event {