linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] alarmtimer: add .remove

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Message-ID: <CAAQ0ZWSmKPUEB380H9ftL-VXYQywwedQRweWqqAi1emhp2g_cA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:23:42 +0800
From:	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
To:	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] alarmtimer: add .remove_dev hook to put device

On 19 July 2012 07:23, John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com> wrote:
> Actually, this change opens up a bunch of other races, as any caller of
> alarmtimer_get_rtcdev() could have the rtcdevice removed under it.
>
> We'll need to have proper reference counting w/ get/put calls, probably also
> adding a alarmtimer_put_rtcdev() interface.
>
> So for now I'm dropping this from my tree.  Do you think you might be able
> to take another stab at this?
>
No.  You can take the patch as a bug report and fix it yourself in the
best way you can think of :)

Regards,
Shawn
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