Re: Fixing the main programmer thinko with the device model

[Andi Kleen]

James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> That's true, but irrelevant (and also soon to be untrue if we get rid of
> the scsi_device class as you and Kay keep requesting).  The two calls
> release references on the actual embedded generic device, it's nothing
> to do with entangled lifetime rules.

<heretic thought>Has anybody ever considered just doing away with 
the problematic and bug prone and tricky reference counts for kobjects 
and switch to a simple garbage collector for them?

-Andi
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