Re: Fixing the main programmer thinko with the device model

Greg KH
2008-03-26T04:47:53Z

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:57:32AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> writes:
> >
> > That's true, but irrelevant (and also soon to be untrue if we get rid of
> > the scsi_device class as you and Kay keep requesting). The two calls
> > release references on the actual embedded generic device, it's nothing
> > to do with entangled lifetime rules.
>
> <heretic thought>Has anybody ever considered just doing away with
> the problematic and bug prone and tricky reference counts for kobjects
> and switch to a simple garbage collector for them?

Sure, I have no objection to that. It's just that the reference count
"issue" really doesn't seem to be one on sanely designed busses :)

thanks,

greg k-h