From: "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: Fix locking in mousedev
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 15:54:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d120d5000703091254t350216b3wfb679a53294b0e5a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070309103656.cd681677.zaitcev@redhat.com>
On 3/9/07, Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:28:49 -0500, "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/28/07, Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > > Dmitry, please consider getting rid of the list of handles entirely.
> > > The other major user is drivers/char/keyboard.c.
> >
> > I agree that handlers should not access h_list nad use their own
> > private lists instead. However input core still needs that list to
> > maintain its books.
>
> Hmm. So it appears that my patch wastes 2 ulongs per input handle
> then, in the name of preventing oopses. OK.
>
Think about the time when everyone switches to evdev-based input
drivers. Then we can forget about mousedev wasting some extra memory
;)
--
Dmitry
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-09 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-28 19:06 Fix locking in mousedev Pete Zaitcev
2007-03-09 14:28 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-03-09 18:36 ` Pete Zaitcev
2007-03-09 20:54 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
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