On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:26:18 -0400 James C. Georgas wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 12:21 -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:26:15 -0400 James C. Georgas wrote:
> >
> > > If I allocate a struct cdev using cdev_alloc(), what function do I call
> > > to free it when I'm done with it?
> >
> > Should be cdev_put(), which calls kobject_put(), which implements
> > ref counting (using krefs), so that when the last reference is
> > going away, the object will be removed.
> >
> > ---
> > ~Randy
>
> cdev_put() is not an exported symbol in the fs/char_dev.c file. Should
> it be?
Sorry about that, typo on my part. It's cdev_del().
---
~Randy
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