Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 May 2001 20:38:22 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] struct char_device |
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On Wed, 23 May 2001 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> >> dev_t rdev; > > > Reasonable. > > Good. We all agree. > (But now you see what I meant in comments about mknod.) > > >> kdev_t dev; > > > Useless. If you hope that block_device will help to solve rmmod races > > Yes. Why am I mistaken?
Because the problems begin in subsystems. Solving the situation with block_device_operations is trivial. It's stuff on the character side that is going to bite you big way. TTY drivers, for example. They are below the layer where your kdev_t lives.
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