From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Steve Youngs <sryoungs@bigpond.net.au>
Cc: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH: (as177) Add class_device_unregister_wait() and platform_device_unregister_wait() to the driver model core
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:21:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200401260521.i0Q5LRha021370@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:06:48 +1000." <microsoft-free.87hdyjs3h3.fsf@eicq.dnsalias.org>
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:06:48 +1000, Steve Youngs <sryoungs@bigpond.net.au> said:
> > A boolean is just a one-bit reference count. If the maximum number of
> > simultaneous 'users' for a given module is one, then a boolean will work.
> > If there is potential for more than one simultaneous user then you need
> > more bits.
>
> Why? A module is either being used or it isn't, the number of uses
> shouldn't even come into it.
OK. There's 2 users of the module. The first one exits. How does it (or
anything else) know that it's NOT safe to just clear the in-use bit and clean
it up?
And how does the second one know it IS safe to clean up?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-26 5:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-23 16:58 PATCH: (as177) Add class_device_unregister_wait() and platform_device_unregister_wait() to the driver model core Alan Stern
2004-01-23 17:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-23 18:03 ` Alan Stern
2004-01-23 18:10 ` viro
2004-01-23 18:18 ` Greg KH
2004-01-23 18:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-23 18:31 ` Greg KH
2004-01-23 18:11 ` Greg KH
2004-01-23 18:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-23 18:27 ` Greg KH
2004-01-25 17:32 ` Alan Stern
2004-01-25 19:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-25 20:21 ` viro
2004-01-27 6:51 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-27 13:56 ` Roman Zippel
2004-01-27 23:29 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-28 2:36 ` Roman Zippel
2004-01-28 3:54 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-25 23:12 ` Steve Youngs
2004-01-26 3:22 ` Adam Kropelin
2004-01-26 5:06 ` Steve Youngs
2004-01-26 5:21 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2004-01-26 5:55 ` Steve Youngs
2004-01-26 6:25 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-01-26 8:48 ` Helge Hafting
2004-01-26 15:50 ` Adam Kropelin
2004-01-26 16:22 ` Roman Zippel
2004-01-27 19:32 ` Russell King
2004-01-27 20:28 ` Greg KH
2004-01-27 20:29 ` Greg KH
2004-01-28 2:03 ` Roman Zippel
2004-01-28 2:17 ` viro
2004-01-28 2:53 ` Roman Zippel
2004-01-27 6:41 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-23 19:45 ` viro
2004-01-26 5:50 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-26 15:51 ` Alan Stern
2004-01-27 22:55 ` Rusty Russell
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