Re: [PATCH 2/4] memory-hotplug: add node_device_release

[KOSAKI Motohiro]

>>> I don't understand it. How can we get rid of the warning?
>>
>> See cpu_device_release() for example.
>
> If we implement a function like cpu_device_release(), the warning
> disappears. But the comment says in the function "Never copy this way...".
> So I think it is illegal way.

What does "illegal" mean?
You still haven't explain any benefit of your code. If there is zero
benefit, just kill it.
I believe everybody think so.

Again, Which benefit do you have?


>>>> Why do we need this node_device_release() implementation?
>>>
>>> I think that this is a manner of releasing object related kobject.
>>
>> No.  Usually we never call memset() from release callback.
>
> What we want to release is a part of array, not a pointer.
> Therefore, there is only this way instead of kfree().

Why? Before your patch, we don't have memset() and did work it.
I can't understand what mean "only way".
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