From: Dave Peterson <dsp@llnl.gov>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC: core EDAC support code
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:06:36 -0800
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On Tuesday 07 March 2006 09:04, Greg KH wrote:
> >     - Modify EDAC so it uses kmalloc() to create the kobject.
> >     - Eliminate edac_memctrl_master_release().  Instead, use kfree() as
> >       the release method for the kobject.  Here, it's important to use a
> >       function -outside- of EDAC as the release method since the core
> >       EDAC module may have been unloaded by the time the release method
> >       is called.
>
> No, if this happens then you are using the kobject incorrectly.  How
> could it be held if your module is unloaded?  Don't you have the module
> reference counting logic correct?

Oops... my mistake.
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