From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] libata: Remove dependence on host_set->dev for SAS Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:43:03 -0400 Message-ID: <435E8AC7.1080407@pobox.com> References: <4341A91A.3020000@us.ibm.com> <434251E0.9060000@pobox.com> <58cb370e0510040322q1cb7a13bjfc6c7875140d20a9@mail.gmail.com> <58cb370e0510041356h780e7a5aifda0c232f677471e@mail.gmail.com> <43443E99.4090008@pobox.com> <435D5D83.1060201@us.ibm.com> <435D5DE5.7010306@us.ibm.com> <435E7105.4010105@pobox.com> <435E87E8.9010506@us.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <435E87E8.9010506@us.ibm.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org To: brking@us.ibm.com Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Brian King wrote: > Or, we just live with the duplication... That may be the best practical solution. I wonder, additionally, if we need to be getting a reference each time we store the pointer. Traditionally the struct device object lifetime has always been entirely within the bus device lifetime, but with this new work that may need rethinking. Jeff