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Message-ID: <20070724225134.GV21668@ftp.linux.org.uk> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:51:34 +0100 From: Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk> To: bphilips@...e.de Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2][RFC] Update net core to use devres. On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 03:39:52PM -0700, bphilips@...e.de wrote: > * netdev_pci_remove_one() can replace simple pci device remove > functions > > * devm_alloc_netdev() is like alloc_netdev but allocates memory using devres. > alloc_netdev() can be removed once all drivers use devres. Ewwww... What the hell for? To make sure that we have struct device for everything, whether we need it or not? Have you actually read through drivers/net? I mean, _really_ read through it, looking for ugly cases... I've done just that several times and I'm sorry, but I would classify that project as hopeless. It's way, _way_ more diverse than SATA... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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