From: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
"olaf@aepfle.de" <olaf@aepfle.de>,
Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>,
"jasowang@redhat.com" <jasowang@redhat.com>,
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"devel@linuxdriverproject.org" <devel@linuxdriverproject.org>,
"vkuznets@redhat.com" <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
"leann.ogasawara@canonical.com" <leann.ogasawara@canonical.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:02:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <KL1P15301MB00068BDCB63BB1023C1C43A5BF370@KL1P15301MB0006.APCP153.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171211205858.GA19427@kroah.com>
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org]
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 12:59 PM
> To: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>; olaf@aepfle.de;
> Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>; jasowang@redhat.com;
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; stable@vger.kernel.org; apw@canonical.com;
> marcelo.cerri@canonical.com; devel@linuxdriverproject.org;
> vkuznets@redhat.com; leann.ogasawara@canonical.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset
>
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 08:41:44PM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > > From: devel [mailto:driverdev-devel-bounces@linuxdriverproject.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:30 AM
> > > To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > > Cc: olaf@aepfle.de; Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>;
> > > jasowang@redhat.com; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> stable@vger.kernel.org;
> > > apw@canonical.com; marcelo.cerri@canonical.com;
> > > devel@linuxdriverproject.org; vkuznets@redhat.com;
> > > leann.ogasawara@canonical.com
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset
> > >
> > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:56:05 +0100
> > > Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 06:53:32AM -0700,
> kys@exchange.microsoft.com
> > > wrote:
> > > > > From: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > Fixes: c2e5df616e1a ("vmbus: add per-channel sysfs info")
> > > > >
> > > > > Without the patch, a device can't be thoroughly destroyed, because
> > > > > vmbus_device_register() -> kset_create_and_add() still holds a reference
> > > > > to the hv_device's device.kobj.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
> > > > > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
> > > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > > >
> > > > Why is this marked for stable when the patch it "fixes" is in 4.15-rc1?
> > >
> > > It doesn't need to go to stable.
> >
> > Hi Greg,
> > May I know the status of the patch?
>
> It's still in my "to-apply" queue. As it's only a 4.15-final thing,
> don't worry, it will get there...
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Thanks a lot, Greg!
-- Dexuan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-11 21:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-14 13:52 [PATCH 0/2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Miscellaneous fixes kys
2017-11-14 13:53 ` [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset kys
2017-11-28 15:56 ` Greg KH
2017-11-28 17:29 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-12-11 20:41 ` Dexuan Cui
2017-12-11 20:58 ` Greg KH
2017-12-11 21:02 ` Dexuan Cui [this message]
2017-11-14 13:53 ` [PATCH 2/2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a rescind issue kys
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