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Date:      Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:30:59 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_conf.c src/sys/sys conf.h 
Message-ID:  <6099.1013977859@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:30:24 EST." <200202172030.g1HKUOs01319@green.bikeshed.org> 

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In message <200202172030.g1HKUOs01319@green.bikeshed.org>, "Brian F. Feldman" w
rites:

>> >  Add revoke_and_destroy_dev(), to be used by devices which decide when
>> >  they choose to destroy themselves without regard to whether or not
>> >  they are open.
>> 
>> Hmm, I can see the point but I am not 100% convinced about the
>> solution, I may modify this API later.
>
>I had in my tree a dev_revoke() call which I used at times, previously, 
>which IIRC was just the first part of that function, to be called before a 
>destroy_dev() when a driver's decided a removeable device had gone away.  I 
>like the combination of the two functions because it serves to document 
>what's going on pretty well, but have no strong attachment; I'll be happy to 
>start sprinkling either around the src/sys tree where appropriate.
>
>I should compile a list of places in the kernel where it should be used 
>other than the initial one I have it used for locally.

Well, my thinking is more in the direction of "for which devices would
we _not_ want a revoke() when we call destroy_dev()."

I'm not sure I have any non-NULL answers at hand...

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