From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: bphilips@suse.de
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2][RFC] Update net core to use devres.
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:09:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070724230922.GA27392@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070724225134.GV21668@ftp.linux.org.uk>
On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 11:51:34PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 03:39:52PM -0700, bphilips@suse.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...
Actually, it's even worse - net_device itself simply *cannot* be
dealt with that way. Its lifetime can indefinitely exceed that
of underlying e.g. PCI device.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-24 23:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-24 22:39 [PATCH 0/2][RFC] Update network drivers to use devres bphilips
2007-07-24 22:39 ` [PATCH 1/2][RFC] Update net core " bphilips
2007-07-24 22:51 ` Al Viro
2007-07-24 23:09 ` Al Viro [this message]
2007-07-24 23:26 ` Brandon Philips
2007-07-24 23:30 ` Al Viro
2007-07-25 1:23 ` Al Viro
2007-07-24 23:42 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
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