Re: [PATCH v4 10/26] media: mc: Clear minor number reservation at unregistration time

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On 27/06/2024 09:10, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 06:58:03AM +0000, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>> Hi Hans,
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 08:43:47AM +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>>> On 10/06/2024 12:05, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>>>> Clear the media device's minor number reservation at unregister time as
>>>> there's no need to keep it reserved for longer. This makes it possible to
>>>> reserve the same minor right after unregistration.
>>>
>>> Have you tested this?
>>
>> By unbinding and re-binding a device while file handles to the old Media
>> device one are still around.
> 
> Also in MC we don't have an array indexed by minor numbers of Media
> devices, as we have for V4L2 device nodes.
> 
> How is it for CEC?
> 

It doesn't have such an array either. I think that's V4L2 specific, and I wonder
if it is really needed. That code is very old, so it wouldn't surprise me if it
can be removed.

Regards,

	Hans




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