Messages in this thread | | | From | Saravana Kannan <> | Date | Wed, 7 Jul 2021 10:41:48 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC 0/2] driver core: Add ability to delete device links of unregistered devices |
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On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 10:40 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 08:29:46PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote: > > Hi > > > > There is an issue with the SCSI UFS driver when the optional > > BOOT well-known LUN fails to probe, which is not a fatal error. > > The issue is that the device and its "managed" device link do not > > then get deleted. The device because the device link has a > > reference to it. The device link because it can only be deleted > > by device_del(), but device_add() was never called, so device_del() > > never will be either. > > How was a link created for something that never had device_add() called > on it? Who is doing that? >
Greg responded as I was typing :)
Nak for the series. I don't like mixing and matching the control of managed device links like this.
Can I get more details please. How is the device link added in the first place?
-Saravana
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