Messages in this thread | | | From | Dexuan Cui <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset | Date | Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:41:44 +0000 |
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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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