Re: [PATCH][ATM] add reference counting to atm_dev

[Greg KH]

On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 10:32:05AM -0400, chas williams wrote:
> In message <[e-mail]>,Greg KH writes:
> >It's not really bothering me, just wondering when it will go away (I see
> >it when building one of the USB ATM drivers...)
> 
> the MOD_* functions in the speedtch driver don't need to be there.  
> since 2.3.something (if i remember correctly) the reference counting
> has been handled by the upper layer (ala fops_get/fops_put).  the
> following patch removes these extra bits:

Thanks, didn't know they could be removed.  The speedtch author told me
a while ago that the fops didn't protect it...

I'll go apply this patch.

thanks,

greg k-h