Re: [PATCH 5/8] staging: vme: add functions for bridge module refcounting

[Martyn Welch]

On 03/08/11 16:23, Emilio G. Cota wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 16:06:30 +0200, Manohar Vanga wrote:
>> Hey Martyn,
>>
>>> Can we not do this inside vme_master_request, vme_slave_request, etc?
>>>
>>> I.e. Add reference count when resources are given out.
>>>
>>> This would then be done in the vme_*_free routines.
>>
>> I agree this would be much better. I will change this and resend :)
> 
> To me it seems better to keep this as is, to be
> used by .probe and .release methods, in the same way
> usb_get_dev() and usb_put_dev() are used by usb drivers.
> 

The description of the functions in usb.c suggests, to me at least, that these
functions are the equivalent to the vme_*_request functions in the vme code.
Being called when a function binds to an interface and when it is finished
with it.

Martyn

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