Re: [PATCH, RFC] sysfs: only allow one scheduled removal callbackper kobj

From: Cornelia Huck
Date: Thu Mar 12 2009 - 06:27:56 EST


On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:42:25 -0600,
Alex Chiang <achiang@xxxxxx> wrote:

> * Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx>:
> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 06:47:29PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > > (For the original oops, I'd rather solve the problem by making sure the
> > > caller doesn't trigger removal several times - should probably be less
> > > code than the proposed patch?)
> >
> > Any ideas on how to do this?
>
> I still think the original patch I proposed is the right answer.

How about just putting a marker on your device that is going to be
unregistered and refusing to schedule it again? (This marker could also
be used to block other undesired actions; that's what ccwgroup does.)
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