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SubjectRE: [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset
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> 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?

Thanks,
-- Dexuan

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