Re: PATCH: (as177) Add class_device_unregister_wait() and platform_device_unregister_wait() to the driver model core

[Valdis . Kletnieks]

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:06:48 +1000, Steve Youngs <sryoungs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  said:

>   > A boolean is just a one-bit reference count. If the maximum number of
>   > simultaneous 'users' for a given module is one, then a boolean will work.
>   > If there is potential for more than one simultaneous user then you need
>   > more bits.
> 
> Why?  A module is either being used or it isn't, the number of uses
> shouldn't even come into it.

OK. There's 2 users of the module.  The first one exits.  How does it (or
anything else) know that it's NOT safe to just clear the in-use bit and clean
it up?

And how does the second one know it IS safe to clean up?

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