Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:39:47 +0300 | From | Dan Carpenter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 01/58] mtd: nand: denali: add missing nand_release() call in denali_remove() |
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On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 02:53:20PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote: > Hi Brian, > > On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:40:08 -0800 > Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 08:59:45AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote: > > > Unregister the NAND device from the NAND subsystem when removing a denali > > > NAND controller, otherwise the MTD attached to the NAND device is still > > > exposed by the MTD layer, and accesses to this device will likely crash > > > the system. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> > > > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> #3.8+ > > > > Does this follow these rules, from > > Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt? > > > > - It must be obviously correct and tested. > > > > - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a > > problem..." type thing). > > As you wish, I'll remove those Cc and Fixes tags, or just drop the > patch if you think it's useless...
The fixes tag is a separate thing from CCing stable. It's useful on by itself. I always put the person who wrote the original patch in the To: header so they can review and comment if I have made a mistake.
regards, dan carpenter
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