linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] Dynamic ID addition doesn't need get

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:40:05 -0800
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
	<linux-input@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] Dynamic ID addition doesn't need get_driver()

On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:34:41 -0500 (EST)
Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:

> As part of the removal of get_driver()/put_driver(), this patch
> (as1511) changes all the places that add dynamic IDs for drivers.
> Since these additions are done by writing to the drivers' sysfs
> attribute files, and the attributes are removed when the drivers are
> unregistered, there is no reason to take an extra reference to the
> drivers.
> 
> The one exception is the pci-stub driver, which calls pci_add_dynid()
> as part of its registration.  But again, there's no reason to take an
> extra reference here, because the driver can't be unloaded while it is
> being registered.

Looks fine, you can add my ack too.

Thanks,
-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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