Re: [PATCH v2 01/46] mtdpart: Propagate _get/put_device()

From	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 01/46] mtdpart: Propagate _get/put_device()
Date	2016-12-14 22:20 +0100
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 07:24:46PM +0000, Karl Beldan wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Brian Norris
> <computersforpeace@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 12:15:31PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> >> On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:43:56 +0200
> >> Daniel Walter <dwalter@sigma-star.at> wrote:
> >>
> >> > From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
> >> >
> >> > If the master device has callbacks for _get/put_device()
> >> > and this MTD has slaves a get_mtd_device() call on paritions
> >> > will never issue the registered callbacks.
> >> > Fix this by propagating _get/put_device() down.
> >>
> >> Brian, can we have this one queued for 4.9? I can't take it in my tree
> >> if you want, but it's probably better if it's in the mtd tree.
> >
> > Applied this patch to l2-mtd.git
> >
> 
> I think this should also go into -stable.

Why? Do you have real use cases that are broken by this? I understand
this is a problem, but I'm curious on how this satisfies the stable
rules.

Also, note that this isn't a regression; it's been broken forever and
apparently no one noticed. IMO that raises the bar a bit (but not
impossibly so) for -stable.

Anyway, if we decide to do this, you'll also want to include the git
hash and applicable kernel versions, per Option 2 [1].

Brian

[1] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt.

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Re: [PATCH v2 01/46] mtdpart: Propagate _get/put_device() Karl Beldan <karl.beldan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-14 20:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2 01/46] mtdpart: Propagate _get/put_device() Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2016-12-14 22:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 01/46] mtdpart: Propagate _get/put_device() Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> - 2016-12-14 22:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 01/46] mtdpart: Propagate _get/put_device() Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 00:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 01/46] mtdpart: Propagate _get/put_device() Karl Beldan <karl.beldan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 08:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 01/46] mtdpart: Propagate _get/put_device() Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> - 2016-12-15 09:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 01/46] mtdpart: Propagate _get/put_device() Karl Beldan <karl.beldan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-28 20:00 +0100

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