This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
bcma: use (get|put)_device when probing/removing device driver
to the 4.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
bcma-use-get-put-_device-when-probing-removing-device-driver.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 14:31:22 +0100
Subject: bcma: use (get|put)_device when probing/removing device driver
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From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit a971df0b9d04674e325346c17de9a895425ca5e1 upstream.
This allows tracking device state and e.g. makes devm work as expected.
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/bcma/main.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/bcma/main.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/main.c
@@ -633,8 +633,11 @@ static int bcma_device_probe(struct devi
drv);
int err = 0;
+ get_device(dev);
if (adrv->probe)
err = adrv->probe(core);
+ if (err)
+ put_device(dev);
return err;
}
@@ -647,6 +650,7 @@ static int bcma_device_remove(struct dev
if (adrv->remove)
adrv->remove(core);
+ put_device(dev);
return 0;
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from rafal@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.10/mips-bcm47xx-fix-button-inversion-for-asus-wl-500w.patch
queue-4.10/bcma-use-get-put-_device-when-probing-removing-device-driver.patch