Re: [PATCH] EDAC: core EDAC support code

Dave Peterson
2006-03-07T17:06:50Z

On Tuesday 07 March 2006 09:04, Greg KH wrote:
> > - Modify EDAC so it uses kmalloc() to create the kobject.
> > - Eliminate edac_memctrl_master_release(). Instead, use kfree() as
> > the release method for the kobject. Here, it's important to use a
> > function -outside- of EDAC as the release method since the core
> > EDAC module may have been unloaded by the time the release method
> > is called.
>
> No, if this happens then you are using the kobject incorrectly. How
> could it be held if your module is unloaded? Don't you have the module
> reference counting logic correct?

Oops... my mistake.