Re: Let callout_reset return if it reschedules a pending callout

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 05:47:13PM +0900, Ryota Ozaki wrote:
> The feature is useful when you have a reference to an object that is
> passed to a callout. In this case you need to take care of a
> reference leak on callout_reset (and other APIs); it silently
> reschedules (IOW cancels) a pending callout and leaks a reference.
> Unfortunately callout_reset doesn't tell us the reschedule.

Can we look at this part first before discussing any API changes?
Why can't you store the reference next to callout instance itself?

Joerg