linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] firewire: cdev: reference-count client instances

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Date:	Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:31:18 -0800
From:	David Moore <dcm@....EDU>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] firewire: cdev: reference-count client instances

On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 16:24 +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
> The lifetime of struct client instances must be longer than the lifetime
> of any client resource.
> 
> This fixes a possible race between fw_device_op_release and transaction
> completions.  It also prepares for new ioctls for isochronous resource
> management which will involve delayed processing of client resources.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>

Reviewed-by: David Moore <dcm@....org>

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