From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264370AbTLKHLp (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 02:11:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264386AbTLKHLl (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 02:11:41 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:14022 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264376AbTLKHJb (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 02:09:31 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:47:59 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Alan Stern Cc: David Brownell , Duncan Sands , Vince , "Randy.Dunlap" , mfedyk@matchmail.com, zwane@holomorphy.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, USB development list Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: [OOPS, usbcore, releaseintf] 2.6.0-test10-mm1 Message-ID: <20031211064759.GC2529@kroah.com> References: <20031210204621.GA8566@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 05:08:12PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > > Now grasshopper, are you wise in the ways of the driver core or are you > > wishing you never asked? :) > > Both, I think. I still don't see where pci_unregister_driver() ends up > waiting for the reference count to drop to 0. In fact, I think maybe you > agree that it _doesn't_ wait. Which was my earlier point. Ok, yes. I think we are agreeing here. Anyway, the patch seems to work for him, but kills my box (not using any usbfs devices.) I'll see if we have some odd reference count issues still floating around... thanks, greg k-h