linux-kernel - Re: VIA IRQ quirk missing PCI ids since 2.6.16.17

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Message-ID: <20061108203319.GA7485@procyon.home>
Date:	Wed, 8 Nov 2006 23:33:19 +0300
From:	Sergey Vlasov <vsu@...linux.ru>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Sergio Monteiro Basto <sergio@...giomb.no-ip.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	Wilco Beekhuizen <wilcobeekhuizen@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VIA IRQ quirk missing PCI ids since 2.6.16.17

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 06:05:30PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > +struct pci_device_id *pci_find_present(const struct pci_device_id *ids)
> > 
> > New API without proper refcounting?  Ewww.
> 
> pci_device_id objects are not refcounted and don't vanish underneath us.
> Devices may but we aren't dealing in devices. The function operates
> under the list lock internally so should be safe.

Oops, sorry, did not read the patch carefully enough...  Please ignore
this comment.

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