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From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
	Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] v4l: sysfs'ify videodev
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 16:55:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030807165519.A32452@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030807154342.GA818@bytesex.org>; from kraxel@bytesex.org on Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 05:43:42PM +0200

On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 05:43:42PM +0200, Gerd Knorr wrote:
> +static void video_release(struct class_device *cd)
> +{
> +	struct video_device *vfd = container_of(cd, struct video_device, class_dev);
>  
> -static struct proc_dir_entry *video_dev_proc_entry = NULL;
> -struct proc_dir_entry *video_proc_entry = NULL;
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_proc_entry);
> -LIST_HEAD(videodev_proc_list);
> +#if 1 /* needed until all drivers are fixed */
> +	if (!vfd->release)
> +		return;
> +#endif
> +	vfd->release(vfd);
> +}

Ok, so you're allowing the release to happen elsewhere.  How are you
ensuring that the code which vfd->release points to hasn't been
unloaded before the video device has been released, or, even, how
are you preventing the module containing the above code being
removed before all video devices have been released?

-- 
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-07 15:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-07 15:43 [patch] v4l: sysfs'ify videodev Gerd Knorr
2003-08-07 15:55 ` Russell King [this message]
2003-08-07 17:02   ` Gerd Knorr

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