Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Oct 2002 14:54:19 -0700 (PDT) | From | Patrick Mochel <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] embedded struct device Re: [patch] IDE driver model update |
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> That would be nice, if it worked that way. As it is we have > > driver allocates foo > driver grabs a reference to foo->dev > .... > somebody else grabs/drops temporary references to foo->dev > .... > driver call put_device(&foo->dev) > driver frees structures refered from foo. > driver frees foo. > > _IF_ the last two steps were done by ->release(), your arguments would > work. Actually they are done by driver right after the put_device() call. > > If you are willing to change that (== move all destruction into ->release()) - > yeah, then embedded struct device will work. It's a hell of a work though.
Yes, and we're willing to do a lot of it.
That's been the intention the whole time, and would have been done sooner, but it's taken a freakin' long time to figure out what assumptions to make in the core. And of course, they're not always right. ;) Which means there's more work to be done there. The feedback is greatly appreciated, and I'm always open to more..
Thanks,
-pat
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