Re: [PATCH BlueZ 08/12] Drop GAttrib ref if callback list is empty

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Hi Johan/Lizardo,

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lizardo,
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011, Anderson Lizardo wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> @@ -2605,10 +2605,15 @@ gboolean btd_device_remove_attio_callback(struct btd_device *device, guint id)
>> >>
>> >>       g_free(attio);
>> >>
>> >> +     if (device->attios != NULL)
>> >> +             return TRUE;
>> >> +
>> >>       if (device->attioid) {
>> >>               g_source_remove(device->attioid);
>> >>               device->attioid = 0;
>> >>       }
>> >>
>> >> +     g_attrib_unref(device->attrib);
>> >> +
>> >>       return TRUE;
>> >>  }
>> >
>> > Looks like you're missing a device->attrib = NULL; after the unref.
>>
>> I really don't see the point in setting a reference counted variable
>> to NULL. How would we know whether this is the last usage or not?
>
> You're not supposed to know. All you know is that device->attrib is one
> reference to the GAttrib object. Calling unref is akin to saying "this
> pointer is no longer valid" and since the btd_device object keeps living
> after this function you should set the ->attrib pointer to NULL after
> dropping this reference.
>
> Johan
>

GAttrib destroy callback will set device->attrib to NULL. I gonna send
a new patch setting it to NULL explicitly and avoid misunderstandings.

Regards,
Claudio
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