linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] Add refcount to fw_event

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Date:	Fri, 3 Jul 2015 08:38:59 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>
Cc:	Nagalakshmi Nandigama <nagalakshmi.nandigama@...gotech.com>,
	Praveen Krishnamoorthy <praveen.krishnamoorthy@...gotech.com>,
	Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...gotech.com>,
	Abhijit Mahajan <abhijit.mahajan@...gotech.com>,
	MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...gotech.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Add refcount to fw_event_work struct

On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 08:50:54PM -0700, Calvin Owens wrote:
> The fw_event_work struct is concurrently referenced at shutdown, so
> add a refcount to protect it.

Same comment here - a refcount that isn't used isn't useful, please fold
into the next patch.

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