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SubjectRe: two patches - request for comments
Andrew Zabolotny wrote:
> No. class_find_device was written for lcd_find_device() and
> backlight_find_device() (framebuffer devices use them). On the other hand,
> the driver that registers the backlight device doesn't have a pointer to the
> class device (well, the lcd_register_device could return it). Since the
> lcd/backlight names are unique anyway, I don't see any problems with that, and
> moreover, it is *registered* by giving it a name, why it should be
> unregistered in a different way?


Typical Linux usage to an item being registered is

ptr = alloc_foo()
register_foo(ptr)
unregister_foo(ptr)
free_foo()

It is quite unusual to unregister based on name. Pointers are far more
likely to be unique, and the programmer is far less likely to screw up
the unregister operation.

Jeff


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