linux-kernel - Re: BUG in: Driver core: convert block from raw kobjects to core devices

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Message-Id: <1192735661.2271.2.camel@lov.site>
Date:	Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:27:41 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: BUG in: Driver core: convert block from raw kobjects to core
	devices

On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 15:23 -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> This patch (as1004) fixes a refcounting bug in the development version
> of the block-device core.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> 
> ---
> 
> Kay, you have got to start testing your patches better!

That leaves references around for SCSI target devices. There must be a
bug somewhere else, if the patch isn't correct.

> Finding and
> fixing refcount errors is _not_ one of my favorite ways to pass the
> time.  For example, you could see what happens when you insert and
> unplug a USB flash disk a few times.

What do you see with the original version?

Kay

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