Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:16:31 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Fixing the main programmer thinko with the device model |
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:57:32AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> writes: > > > > That's true, but irrelevant (and also soon to be untrue if we get rid of > > the scsi_device class as you and Kay keep requesting). The two calls > > release references on the actual embedded generic device, it's nothing > > to do with entangled lifetime rules. > > <heretic thought>Has anybody ever considered just doing away with > the problematic and bug prone and tricky reference counts for kobjects > and switch to a simple garbage collector for them?
Sure, I have no objection to that. It's just that the reference count "issue" really doesn't seem to be one on sanely designed busses :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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