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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:06:52 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFD] alternative kobject release wait mechanism
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:41:10 +0900,
Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> wrote:

<patch>

OK, I hit a bit on the code. Once I saved a reference to the completion
in kobject_cleanup, it seemed to survive a load/unload testloop for a
module registering a device. However, I still dislike this "list of
waiters" approach, it looks too complex...