Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:14:36 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: struct device::release issue |
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On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:47:24PM +0100, Frank A. Uepping wrote: > Hi, > if device_add fails (e.g. bus_add_device returns an error) then the release > method will be called for the device. Is this a bug or a feature?
Are you sure this will happen? device_initialize() gets a reference that is still present after device_add() fails, right? So release() will not get called.
thanks,
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