Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:15:25 -0400 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: switch ide-proc to use the ide_key functionality |
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On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 08:06:22AM -0400, Alan Cox wrote: > I'll have a look at what occurs if we make the ->key functions ref count > and add "put" functions. I think that can be made to work cleanly without > changing the rest of the code to refcounts at the same time. It'll still need > some locking because of the memset. We would still have keys but we'd > refcount usage off them as a starting point.
Ok fixed this by using the cfg_sem. refcounting breaks the non refcounted code and its assumptions (good bad or otherwise). I've dropped the locking in in such a way as switching to refcounts later is easier.
Alan
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