Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756255AbZJAN1f (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:27:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756107AbZJAN1e (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:27:34 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:43138 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756105AbZJAN1e (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:27:34 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 06:27:09 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Guennadi Liakhovetski Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers-core: nullify private pointer on device-release Message-ID: <20091001132709.GA2221@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 517 Lines: 16 On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 10:02:08AM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > Device structures can be reused over multiple device_add / device_release > cycles. They shouldn't be as they should be dynamic, not static. What device is having this problem? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/