Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Aug 2005 12:28:49 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: Freeing a dynamic struct cdev |
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On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:26:18 -0400 James C. Georgas wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 12:21 -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:26:15 -0400 James C. Georgas wrote: > > > > > If I allocate a struct cdev using cdev_alloc(), what function do I call > > > to free it when I'm done with it? > > > > Should be cdev_put(), which calls kobject_put(), which implements > > ref counting (using krefs), so that when the last reference is > > going away, the object will be removed. > > > > --- > > ~Randy > > cdev_put() is not an exported symbol in the fs/char_dev.c file. Should > it be?
Sorry about that, typo on my part. It's cdev_del().
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