[Devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/5] Virtualization/containers: startup

Greg KH greg at kroah.com
Fri Feb 3 12:19:45 PST 2006


On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 10:34:01AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> Lastly, is this a place for krefs?  I don't see a real need for a
> destructor yet, but the idea is fresh in my mind.

Well, what happens when you drop the last reference to this container?
Right now, your patch doesn't cause anything to happen, and if that's
acceptable, then fine, you don't need to use a struct kref.

But if not, then why have a reference count at all?  :)

thanks,

greg k-h




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