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@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> #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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