[vdr] consistent device removal

[Udo Richter]

On 26.01.2009 22:25, Deti Fliegl wrote:
> sometimes it is very useful to create and destroy cDevice based classes
> at runtime. Currently it is only possible to create such classes at any
> time but destroying causes inconsistency in the 'devices' array which
> leads to segmentation faults in various places.

Definitely something that is worth considering. The patch also brings us 
one step closer towards hotplug support, a feature that seems very 
obvious in times of USB DVB devices.

However this throws the question at which time and in which context it 
is safe to kill a device object without risking that any running process 
gets into trouble because its device is suddenly in bit heaven.


Cheers,

Udo