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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 86/86] libata: add private driver field to struct ata_device
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    On Thursday 03 December 2009 09:04:40 am Jeff Garzik wrote:
    > On 11/25/2009 12:12 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
    > > From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@gmail.com>
    > > Subject: [PATCH] libata: add private driver field to struct ata_device
    > >
    > > This brings struct ata_device in-line with struct ata_{port,host}.
    > >
    > > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@gmail.com>
    > > ---
    > > include/linux/libata.h | 1 +
    > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
    > >
    > > Index: b/include/linux/libata.h
    > > ===================================================================
    > > --- a/include/linux/libata.h
    > > +++ b/include/linux/libata.h
    > > @@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ struct ata_device {
    > > unsigned int horkage; /* List of broken features */
    > > unsigned long flags; /* ATA_DFLAG_xxx */
    > > struct scsi_device *sdev; /* attached SCSI device */
    > > + void *private_data;
    > > #ifdef CONFIG_ATA_ACPI
    > > acpi_handle acpi_handle;
    > > union acpi_object *gtf_cache;
    >
    > I'm fine with this, and would like to merge this sooner rather than later.
    >
    > However, BIG FAT WARNING: you must take special care to be sure you
    > don't leak as devices appear and disappear, etc. IOW, watch your object
    > lifetimes carefully. Object lifetime was the reason this was not added
    > until now.

    It should be fine for now as the only user is pata_ep93xx and it gets it
    right. Though it would definitely be nice to see the underlying issue
    (which is the lack of dynamic allocation for struct ata_device objects)
    fixed one day in libata.

    --
    Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz


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