> From: devel [mailto:driverdev-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:30 AM > To: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: olaf@xxxxxxxxx; Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; marcelo.cerri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx; > leann.ogasawara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:56:05 +0100 > Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 06:53:32AM -0700, kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > > From: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > 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 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
