From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933312Ab2AITwR (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:52:17 -0500 Received: from opensource.wolfsonmicro.com ([80.75.67.52]:36737 "EHLO opensource.wolfsonmicro.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933081Ab2AITwP (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:52:15 -0500 Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:52:13 +0000 From: Mark Brown To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: Greg KH , Frank Mandarino , Liam Girdwood , Jaroslav Kysela , Takashi Iwai , alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Public ridicule due to sound/soc/soc-core.c abuse of the driver model Message-ID: <20120109195211.GA30766@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> References: <20120106194052.GA7781@kroah.com> <20120106201458.GF2893@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <20120106205036.GB13857@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20120106234135.GH2893@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <20120106234445.GC13857@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20120106234923.GI2893@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <20120109095125.GG21765@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120109095125.GG21765@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> X-Cookie: You are always busy. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 09:51:25AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > Anything which helps reduce the abuses of the driver model is a plus - > it helps remove the possibility of kernel oopses. Trying to make any sort of modification to code this fragile is risky, especially during what's supposed to be a stabalization phase (which is what Greg is requesting). It just seems completely irresponsible for something that isn't actually a practical problem.