On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 04:32:40PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote:
> device_attach() returning failure indicates a driver error while trying to
> probe the device. In such a scenario, the PCI device should still be added
> in the system and be visible to the user.
>
> This patch partially reverts:
> commit ab1a187bba5c ("PCI: Check device_attach() return value always")
>
> Signed-off-by: Rajat Jain <rajatja@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Resending to stable, independent from other patches per Greg's suggestion
> v2: Add Greg's reviewed by, fix commit log
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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.
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