linux-kernel - Re: [char-misc-next v2 1/5] mei: set parent for char device

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Message-ID: <2025063036-hypnoses-ajar-fdb0@gregkh>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:02:31 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
Cc: Reuven Abliyev <reuven.abliyev@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [char-misc-next v2 1/5] mei: set parent for char device

On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 12:19:38PM +0300, Alexander Usyskin wrote:
> Connect char device to parent device to avoid
> parent device unload while char device is
> still held open by user-space.

No, that's not what cdev_set_parent() does.

Also, why not wrap your lines at 72 columns?

thanks,

greg k-h