linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] evdev: Release eventual input device grabs when getting disconnected

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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:27:30 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Bj?rn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] evdev: Release eventual input device grabs when	getting
 disconnected

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Greg KH wrote:


> > Greg, please look at the change again. Before kobject_put(kobj->parent)
> > was done in kobject_cleanup() and so the parent would only be freed when
> > all its children are gone. Now parent is deleted early, even if its
> > children are still referenced by other users. This is lifetime rule
> > change and should really be announced as such.
> Ugh, this was done because of scsi, they required that if you really
> were deleting the parent, you wanted it gone.

What is the exact meaning of "gone" here please?

-- 
Jiri Kosina
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