[linux-dvb] never do symbol_put(tunerfoo_attach);

[mkrufky at linuxtv.org]

Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Sex, 2007-11-16 às 18:37 -0500, mkrufky at linuxtv.org escreveu:
>   
>> Michel Ludwig wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> On Fri 16 Nov 2007, mkrufky at linuxtv.org wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Mauro and Michel,
>>>>
>>>> This changeset is wrong:
>>>>
>>>> http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mchehab/tm6000/rev/79f9210425e2
>>>>
>>>> You should not " symbol_put(xc3028_attach); " , because you don't
always
>>>> know that we're dealing with that tuner.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> We know that because it's the only tuner that I've ever seen on tm6000 
>>> devices :-)
>>>   
>>>       
>> We like to make linuxtv drivers modular and forward compatible.  There 
>> _are_ devices out there that use other tuners, and if you hardcode 
>> xc3028 into this driver, it prevents future developers from adding 
>> support for other devices without having to change existing code.
>>     
>>> But anyway, how would dvb_frontend_detach(fe) release the xc3028_attach 
>>> symbol, which is requested by dvb_attach?
>>>       
>> The answer is self-explanatory.  Take a look at the other drivers, and 
>> take a look at dvb_frontend_detach.   (dvb_frontend.c , lines 1204 thru 
>> 1221)
>>
>> Better to use the established methods, and have uniform codingstyle 
>> across the tree -- don't reinvent the wheel ;-)
>>     
>
> Mike, there are some that calls symbol_put directly, like dst.
>   
>> -Mike
>>     
DST is a special case -- it is an ASIC.  Certain hacks were done there 
to make it "look" like a frontend, but it is not.  Manu has explained 
this repeatedly.

-Mike