On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:08:00PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 10:20:18PM +0200, Gerd Knorr wrote:
> > Yes, it is allocated/freed by the driver, most seem to simply include
> > one ore more "struct video_device" somewhere in the per-device struct.
>
> So you CAN NOT just blindly put a kobject (meaning a class_device)
> structure inside of there.
Why not ...
> > which want add private properties and rely on video_device->priv
> > for finding the per-device data. Problem isn't solved but justed
> > moved to the next corner ...
>
> No, just have the video drivers have a release callback to do the
> freeing.
... if a ->release() callback is required anyway to fix it? I see two
ways to handle it:
(1) mandatory ->release() callback, drivers must make sure the stuff
is not freed before the callback was called. In that case the
class_device can be left embedded inside the drivers provate
structs.
(2) optional ->release() callback (for those drivers which want add
private attributes), "struct video_device" must be moved out of
the drivers private structs then and released in a new function
(which also calls the drivers ->release callback if present).
Should probably also be allocated by videodev.c for symmetry.
Both approaches require touching all v4l drivers in non-trivial ways
through, not sure whenever it is a good idea to do that now. Any chance
to get that in before 2.6.0? Or should I better make that change in
2.7.x and live with /proc for the time being?
Gerd
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