Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:45:04 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: refcounting drivers' data structures used in sysfs buffers |
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On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Do you think Linus would listen if all three of us (plus maybe Greg) tried > > to convince him? > > > > If we'd accompany the argument with the patch that changes scsi to use > wq to perform deletion so we don't have deadlock regression in the > kernel he might be more perceptive...
I wrote that patch over the weekend but forgot to bring it in to work. I'll post it tonight or tomorrow.
> He is right about lifetime > issues but this is not strictly lifetime issue as you correctly point > out. Plus, refcounting also bloats the kernel so I don't relly want to > use refcount for every integer I happen to export through sysfs if I > can simply "revoke" access.
Agreed.
Alan Stern
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