On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 10:54:30AM -0600, [email protected] wrote:
> From: doug thompson <[email protected]>
>
> This patch refactors the 'releasing' of kobjects for the edac_mc type
> of device. The correct pattern of kobject release is followed.
>
> As internal kobjs are allocated they bump a ref count on the top
> level kobj. It in turn has a module ref count on the edac_core module.
> When internal kobjects are released, they dec the ref count on the
> top level kobj. When the top level kobj reaches zero, it decrements
> the ref count on the edac_core object, allow it to be unloaded,
> as all resources have all now been released.
>
> CC: Alan Cox [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: doug thompson <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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