Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:37:32 -0400 | From | Jeff Mahoney <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kobject: introduce kobj_completion |
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On 9/11/13 1:15 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 01:00:30PM -0400, Jeff Mahoney wrote: >> A common way to handle kobject lifetimes in embedded in objects with >> different lifetime rules is to pair the kobject with a struct completion. >> >> This introduces a kobj_completion structure that can be used in place >> of the pairing, along with several convenience functions for >> initialization, release, and put-and-wait. >> >> Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> >> --- >> include/linux/kobj_completion.h | 18 ++++++++++++++ > > Does this really need a new .h file, or can we just cram it into > kobject.h? It's only 13 more lines to add to that file.
It doesn't need to be, but it avoids everywhere that already uses a kobject having to include <linux/completion.h> indirectly.
-Jeff
-- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs
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