Hi,
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:48:18AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 05:16:09PM +0100, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:
> > +static inline void
> > +usb_scanner_inc_use(struct scn_usb_data *scn)
> > +{
> > + atomic_inc(&scn->users);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void
> > +usb_scanner_dec_use(struct scn_usb_data *scn)
> > +{
> > + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&scn->users))
> > + usb_scanner_free(scn);
> > +}
>
> Hm, I really don't like "yet another usage counter" in a driver, as 2.5
> fixes a lot of this, but for 2.4, we don't have anything else to use...
> :(
If there is another solution, I could investigate if someone points in
the right direction.
Are there other problems that might stop the patch from beeing applied?
> Brian, what do you think about this patch?
Any response from Brian?
Bye,
Henning
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