[PATCH 0/5] Get rid of get_driver() and put_driver()

2012-01-24 Thread Alan Stern
Greg: This patch series removes the get_driver() and put_driver() routines from the kernel. Those routines don't do anything useful. Their comments say that they increment and decrement the driver's reference count, just like get_device()/put_device() and a lot of other utility routines. But a

Re: [PATCH 0/5] Get rid of get_driver() and put_driver()

2012-01-24 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: Greg: This patch series removes the get_driver() and put_driver() routines from the kernel. Those routines don't do anything useful. Their comments say that they increment and decrement the driver's reference count, just like