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SubjectRe: [linux-usb-devel] Re: Linux 2.6.16-rc3
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Greg KH wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 05:35:08PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 08:27 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > >
> > > Nah, I don't think it's a good idea. James's patch should work just
> > > fine.
> >
> > another option is to have a "kill list" which you put the thing on, and
> > then wake up a thread. only 2 pointers in the object ;(
>
> Hm, that's almost what James's patch is trying to do. Care to mock up a
> patch that shows this? It might be a simpler solution.

It won't work. You might have to do 2 put_device calls on the same
structure. That's why I suggested the "pending puts" counter; something
can't go on a list more than once.

Alan Stern

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