Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:09:25 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] FMC: misc_register should not be called while atomic |
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On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:39:42AM +0200, Alessandro Rubini wrote: > >> --- a/drivers/fmc/fmc-chardev.c > >> +++ b/drivers/fmc/fmc-chardev.c > >> @@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ static int fc_probe(struct fmc_device *fmc) > >> fc->misc.fops = &fc_fops; > >> fc->misc.name = kstrdup(dev_name(&fmc->dev), GFP_KERNEL); > >> > >> - spin_lock(&fc_lock); > >> ret = misc_register(&fc->misc); > >> + spin_lock(&fc_lock); > >> if (ret < 0) { > >> kfree(fc->misc.name); > >> kfree(fc); > >> -- > >> 1.9.1 > > This is already applied, though in a slightly different way. Commit > 783c2fb1b. I fixed it in Jul 13 2013 after user reports. > > "git tag --contains 783c2fb1b" reports v3.12-rc1 and later
Then why in the world is it being submitted as a patch to be included? What is going on here?
confused,
greg k-h
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