Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:15:08 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linux.com>
To: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Maling List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kobject: introduce kobj_completion
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 01:00:30PM -0400, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
> A common way to handle kobject lifetimes in embedded in objects with
> different lifetime rules is to pair the kobject with a struct completion.
> 
> This introduces a kobj_completion structure that can be used in place
> of the pairing, along with several convenience functions for
> initialization, release, and put-and-wait.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/kobj_completion.h |   18 ++++++++++++++

Does this really need a new .h file, or can we just cram it into
kobject.h?  It's only 13 more lines to add to that file.

thanks,

greg k-h
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