Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755266Ab0GMKhr (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:37:47 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:41949 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751116Ab0GMKhq (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:37:46 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:37:38 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@lynx To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: why is "struct cdev *cdev" in char_device_struct listed as "will die"? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1104 Lines: 32 just perusing fs/char_dev.c and noticed this: static struct char_device_struct { struct char_device_struct *next; unsigned int major; unsigned int baseminor; int minorct; char name[64]; struct cdev *cdev; /* will die */ } *chrdevs[CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE]; so ... why "will die"? deprecated? obsolete? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Top-notch, inexpensive online Linux/OSS/kernel courses http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== -- 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/