linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/11] cpufreq: fix kobject reference count handling

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Message-ID: <20080221235329.GA28514@codemonkey.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:53:29 -0500
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Balaji Rao <balajirrao@...il.com>,
	Yi Yang <yi.y.yang@...el.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] cpufreq: fix kobject reference count handling

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 03:47:59PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
 > From: Balaji Rao <balajirrao@...il.com>
 > 
 > The cpufreq core should not take an extra kobject reference count for no
 > reason, and then refuse to release it.  This has been reported as
 > keeping machines from properly powering down all the way.
 > 
 > 
 > Signed-off-by: Balaji Rao <balajirrao@...il.com>
 > Cc: Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
 > Cc: Yi Yang <yi.y.yang@...el.com>
 > Cc: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
 > Cc: Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
 > Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
 > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
 > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

ACK. This needs to go in soon, so I can stop hearing about it :-)

	Dave

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