linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power: Destroy IDRs on module exit

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Message-ID: <1436865479.22561.2.camel@suse.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:17:59 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Cc:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power: Destroy IDRs on module exit

On Tue, 2015-07-14 at 11:16 +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> Destroy IDRs on module exit, freeing the resources for
> * bq2415x_charger.c
> * ds2782_battery.c
> * ltc2941-battery-gauge.c
> 
> The drivers had to be converted to "ordinary"
> module_init()/module_exit()
> style drivers instead of using module_i2c_driver.

That is a drawback. How about adding a pointer to the idr
to "struct i2c_driver" and destroy it in generic code?

	Regards
		Oliver


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