Re: [RFC] New kobject/kset/ktype documentation and example code

[Cornelia Huck]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:55:43 -0500 (EST),
Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> 
> > > Unfortunately kobjects don't have an owner field.  In practice this 
> > > means that it isn't possible to pin the owner of some random kobject -- 
> > > you have to know where the kobject came from or what it's embedded in.  
> > > All users of kobjects need to work this way.
> > 
> > Yeah, that is what the-patchset-I-have-to-dig-around-for does:
> > Introduce an owner field in the kobject for pinning the module. (IIRC,
> > you even did some of the patches?)
> 
> Are these two patches what you mean?  They are a little out-of-date
> now, but the main idea hasn't changed.

Yes, thanks. I had also a module-reference-count part that I need to
resurrect.
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