From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757746Ab2JZI70 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:59:26 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:39401 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755445Ab2JZI7X (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:59:23 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] DMA: PL330: Balance module remove function with probe From: Vinod Koul To: Inderpal Singh Cc: vinod.koul@intel.com, linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jassisinghbrar@gmail.com, boojin.kim@samsung.com, patches@linaro.org, kgene.kim@samsung.com In-Reply-To: References: <1349432276-22919-1-git-send-email-inderpal.singh@linaro.org> <1349432276-22919-4-git-send-email-inderpal.singh@linaro.org> <1351052091.5263.19.camel@vkoul-udesk3> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:15:23 +0530 Message-ID: <1351226723.7077.14.camel@vkoul-udesk3> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 16:53 +0530, Inderpal Singh wrote: > > This code will get executed only in case of force removal of the > module which was discussed in the first version of the patch at [1]. > Now, if we do not have to think about force removal then this patch > will go back to the first version. But why are you doing force removal of driver even when client is holding a reference to you. What happens when client finally tries to free the channel? What is the problem you are trying to solve? > > Let me know your view. > > [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1503171/ > -- Vinod Koul Intel Corp.