[PATCH 0/3] Use implicit kref infra

Luben Tuikov luben.tuikov at amd.com
Wed Sep 2 19:04:05 UTC 2020


On 2020-09-02 11:51 a.m., Daniel Stone wrote:
> Hi Luben,
> 
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 16:16, Luben Tuikov <luben.tuikov at amd.com> wrote:
>> Not sure how I can do this when someone doesn't want to read up on
>> the kref infrastructure. Can you help?
>>
>> When someone starts off with "My understanding of ..." (as in the OP) you know you're
>> in trouble and in for a rough times.
>>
>> Such is the nature of world-wide open-to-everyone mailing lists where
>> anyone can put forth an argument, regardless of their level of understanding.
>> The more obfuscated an argument, the more uncertainty.
>>
>> If one knows the kref infrastructure, it just clicks, no explanation
>> necessary.
> 
> Evidently there are more points of view than yours. Evidently your
> method of persuasion is also not working, because this thread is now
> getting quite long and not converging on your point of view (which you
> are holding to be absolutely objectively correct).
> 
> I think you need to re-evaluate the way in which you speak to people,
> considering that it costs nothing to be polite and considerate, and
> also takes effort to be rude and dismissive.

Not sure how to help this:

> My understanding of the drm core code is like something below.
> struct B { 
> 	strcut A 
> }
> we initialize A firstly and initialize B in the end. But destroy B firstly and destory A in the end.

Regards,
Luben


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