linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers-core: nullify private pointer on device-release

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Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:45:56 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers-core: nullify private pointer on device-release

On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Greg KH wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 10:02:08AM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > Device structures can be reused over multiple device_add / device_release 
> > cycles.
> 
> They shouldn't be as they should be dynamic, not static.

Should they? I'm pretty sure this is not the first time this comes up - 
there are several drivers and / or subsystems, that re-use driver objects. 
But finding in mail archives wouldn't be very easy. And it worked until 
now - why should we break it?

> What device is having this problem?

My problem case is the soc-camera framework. There device struct is 
embedded into the video client object, which are kept as long as the 
driver is loaded.

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
Freelance Open-Source Software Developer
http://www.open-technology.de/
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