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re: kicking everybody out of the softc



> On Jan 6,  1:19am, matthew green wrote:
> } 
> } would device_lookup() and device_lookup_private() take a reference
> } on this count automatically?  or maybe some new API that does it,
> } to avoid the need to audit every driver at once.
> 
>      What would release the reference in that case?  Or, would the
> count just keep incrementing thus preventing the driver from detaching
> until it is audited?

right.  that's why the new API to switch to on a per-device basis would
help avoid an all-drivers-at-once audit.


.mrg.


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