linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Driver core: fix refcounting bug

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0701090952240.3102-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:53:43 -0500 (EST)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...ell.com>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Driver core: fix refcounting bug

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Greg KH wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:23:59PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:06:44 -0500 (EST)
> > Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > > This patch (as832) fixes a newly-introduced bug in the driver core.
> > > When a kobject is assigned to a kset, it must acquire a reference to
> > > the kset.

> > OK, I give up.  What kernel is this against?
> 
> I think this is against my private tree, with the "driver-class" patches
> that are not in -mm (for good reason at this point in time.)  Right
> Alan?

That's exactly right.  And it's also why I didn't CC: Andrew on the 
original patch submission.

Alan Stern

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