On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:19:52 +0900, Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Shouldn't getting/putting the module refcount be solely done in > > kobject.c? Grab the module reference when the kobject is created and > > release the module reference in kobject_cleanup() after the release > > function has been called. This doesn't make kobject_get() heavier, and > > it ensures we don't delete the module until after the last kobject it is > > supposed to clean up has been released. > > If we do that, we wouldn't be able to unload a module if there is any > kobject referencing it even when the node has no openers, so no easy way > out there. :-( But we must not unload the module when there is still a kobject around referencing a release function in the module, or we will oops if the kobject is finally released. If needed, the module must clean up its kobjects in its exit function. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
