Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma

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From: Paul Menage
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 4:15 pm

On 7/17/07, Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

What would the exact semantics of such a callback be?

Since for proper interaction with release agents we need the subsystem
to notify the framework when a subsystem object becomes releasable
(currently as part of css_put()), what would a can_destroy() callback
let you do that you couldn't do just by taking an extra css refcount
to prevent destruction and releasing that refcount to allow
destruction?

Paul
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Containers: css_put() dilemma, Balbir Singh, (Mon Jul 16, 11:50 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul (宝瑠) Menage, (Mon Jul 16, 12:03 pm)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Balbir Singh, (Mon Jul 16, 7:21 pm)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul (宝瑠) Menage, (Mon Jul 16, 7:35 pm)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Balbir Singh, (Tue Jul 17, 12:00 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul (宝瑠) Menage, (Tue Jul 17, 12:18 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Balbir Singh, (Tue Jul 17, 3:28 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul (宝瑠) Menage, (Tue Jul 17, 8:49 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Dave Hansen, (Tue Jul 17, 9:02 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul (宝瑠) Menage, (Tue Jul 17, 9:15 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul Jackson, (Tue Jul 17, 10:23 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Balbir Singh, (Tue Jul 17, 10:40 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul (宝瑠) Menage, (Tue Jul 17, 10:44 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul Jackson, (Tue Jul 17, 10:53 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul Jackson, (Tue Jul 17, 10:55 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul (宝瑠) Menage, (Tue Jul 17, 10:55 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul (宝瑠) Menage, (Tue Jul 17, 10:57 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul Jackson, (Tue Jul 17, 10:58 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Balbir Singh, (Tue Jul 17, 11:11 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul (宝瑠) Menage, (Tue Jul 17, 11:26 am)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Balbir Singh, (Tue Jul 17, 9:29 pm)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Balbir Singh, (Tue Jul 17, 10:30 pm)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Srivatsa Vaddagiri, (Tue Jul 17, 10:52 pm)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul (宝瑠) Menage, (Tue Jul 17, 11:07 pm)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Paul Menage, (Wed Jul 18, 4:15 pm)
Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma, Balbir Singh, (Wed Jul 18, 8:44 pm)