Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752357AbdLKU6y (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:58:54 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:39614 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750929AbdLKU6w (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:58:52 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:58:58 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Dexuan Cui Cc: Stephen Hemminger , "olaf@aepfle.de" , Stephen Hemminger , "jasowang@redhat.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "stable@vger.kernel.org" , "apw@canonical.com" , "marcelo.cerri@canonical.com" , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" , "vkuznets@redhat.com" , "leann.ogasawara@canonical.com" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset Message-ID: <20171211205858.GA19427@kroah.com> References: <1510667553-2991-1-git-send-email-kys@exchange.microsoft.com> <1510667613-3035-1-git-send-email-kys@exchange.microsoft.com> <20171128155605.GA19015@kroah.com> <20171128092940.0cec2377@xeon-e3> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1581 Lines: 42 On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 08:41:44PM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote: > > From: devel [mailto:driverdev-devel-bounces@linuxdriverproject.org] On > > Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger > > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:30 AM > > To: Greg KH > > Cc: olaf@aepfle.de; Stephen Hemminger ; > > jasowang@redhat.com; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; stable@vger.kernel.org; > > apw@canonical.com; marcelo.cerri@canonical.com; > > devel@linuxdriverproject.org; vkuznets@redhat.com; > > leann.ogasawara@canonical.com > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset > > > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:56:05 +0100 > > Greg KH wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 06:53:32AM -0700, kys@exchange.microsoft.com > > wrote: > > > > From: Dexuan Cui > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > Cc: Stephen Hemminger > > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > > > > > > 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? It's still in my "to-apply" queue. As it's only a 4.15-final thing, don't worry, it will get there... thanks, greg k-h