Hi, And many thanks for the comments! Hans Verkuil wrote: ... >> diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h >> index b82f824..114541a 100644 >> --- a/include/media/media-entity.h >> +++ b/include/media/media-entity.h >> @@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ struct media_entity { >> struct media_pad *pads; /* Pads array (num_pads elements) */ >> struct media_link *links; /* Links array (max_links elements)*/ >> >> + int use_count; /* Use count for the entity. */ > > Isn't unsigned better? Could be. The result, though, will be slightly more difficult checking for bad use count --- which always is a driver bug. me->use_count += change; WARN_ON(me->use_count < 0); we must do something like this: if (change < 0) WARN_ON(me->use_count < (unsigned)-change); me->use_count += change; I'd perhaps also go with unsigned int; the choice for signed was made mainly since the above check and with signed int the check was more trivial. Regards, -- Sakari Ailus sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html