On Mon, 2 Dec 2013, Greg KH wrote: > > > > We need our own reference count. So we just have to defer the > > release of the kmem_cache struct until the ->release callback is > > triggered. The put of the embedded kobject must be the last action on the > > kmem_cache structure which will then trigger release and that will > > trigger the kmem_cache_free(). > > > > Ok, that sounds reasonable, or you can just create a "tiny" structure > for the kobject that has a pointer back to your kmem_cache structure > that you can then reference from the show/store functions. Either is > fine with me. Problem is that the release field is only available if CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE is enabled. Without the callback I cannot tell when it is legit to release the kobject structure unless I keep scanning it once in awhile. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>