linux-kernel - Re: refcounting drivers' data structures used in sysfs buffers

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Message-Id: <200703092139.35184.oneukum@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 9 Mar 2007 21:39:33 +0100
From:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Maneesh Soni <maneesh@...ibm.com>, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: refcounting drivers' data structures used in sysfs buffers

Am Freitag, 9. März 2007 21:27 schrieb Alan Stern:
> On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> 
> > > Adding a new release() callback would solve the problem by creating 
> > > another.  Drivers need to release their data as soon as possible after
> > > they unbind from a device, not when the device itself goes away.  Think
> > 
> > Wait, the callback from closing the file in sysfs is the earliest we can safely
> > free the data structure. How do you want to free earlier?
> 
> It is _not_ the earliest we can safely free the data structure.
> 
> Dmitry's callback occurs when _all_ the sysfs attributes have been
> released -- including ones that don't have anything to do with the
> driver's private data structure.  Think of the bInterfaceClass attribute,
> for example.

Ok, yes I see. It is by far too late.

	Regards
		Oliver
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