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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2007 08:17:22 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	Chris Rankin <rankincj@...oo.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver-core: don't free devt_attr till the device is
	released

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 05:13:10PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> >> Applies well to 2.6.20 and 21.  As sysfs-immediate-disconnect doesn't
> >> seem to be included in 2.6.22, this should be included in linus#master
> >> too (applies well there as well).
> > 
> > As I don't think we should be adding your sysfs rework to 2.6.22 just
> > yet, any objections to me just sending this to Linus for 2.6.22 and
> > waiting on your previous one for when the whole sysfs rework patchset is
> > sent?
> 
> No objection at all.  That actually is exactly my intention.  The
> make-attrs-static patch will conflict with this fix tho.  Just let me
> know when it breaks, I'll post updated one.

If it breaks, I'll fix up the merge issues, don't worry about it :)

Thanks again for taking the time and tracking it down and fixing this.

greg k-h
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