linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET 2.6.23-rc1] sysfs: locking fix and cleanups

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:55:06 +0200
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, satyam@...radead.org,
	stern@...land.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET 2.6.23-rc1] sysfs: locking fix and cleanups

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:15:08 +0900,
Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com> wrote:

> Hello, all.
> 
> This patchset contains a locking fix and cleanup patches for sysfs.
> 
> #01	locking fix
> #02	shadow support removal from Eric adapted to apply after #01
> #03-07	clean up patches
> 
> #01 should go mainline as it fixes a locking regression introduced by
> -rc1 merge.  The rest should stay in -gregkh till 24 merge window
> opens up.
> 
> Clean up patches don't introduce any noticeable behavior change.  They
> just refactor and simplify codes.
> 
> Thanks.

FYI: This seems to work well on s390 so far, when attaching/detaching
and moving devices (my standard test cases ;)
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