Re: 2.6.24-rc4-mm1 kobject changes broken with hvcs driver on powerpc

[Balbir Singh]

> How about running 2.6.24-rc4 with _only_ the patch to this driver to
> convert it to krefs?  Does that combination cause problems?
> 
> The patch is at:
> 	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/gregkh-01-driver/kobject-convert-hvcs-to-use-kref-not-kobject.patch

This patch works fine with _changes_ on 2.6.24-rc4. I can confirm that
it's not a kref problem in that case. This patch still assumes that
kref_get() returns a value. This is no longer true. The kref_get() call
site needs to be changed.

-- 
	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL
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