[alsa-devel] [PATCH 0/4] ALSA: fireworks/bebob/dice/oxfw: fix kernel oops at unplugging during streaming

[Clemens Ladisch]

Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Clemens Ladisch wrote:
>> Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
>>> With this patchset, each driver keeps a reference to FireWire unit till
>>> all of ALSA applications close its character devices. This may be against
>>> IEEE 1394 bus driver developers' expectation to high-level drivers.
>>
>> The fw_unit reference counting was designed for situations like this.
>
> "This" means which?

That the driver keeps a reference to the fw_unit even after the device
has been unplugged.


Regards,
Clemens