linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] git 2.6.31-rc3'ish: "<kobject> does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed."

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Date:	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:50:19 +0200
From:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: [BUG] git 2.6.31-rc3'ish: "<kobject> does not have a release()
	function, it is broken and must be fixed."

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 01:28:01PM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:
> ie a ktype with no release method.  And indeed, the release method was
> removed in:
> 
> commit 7a6a41615bfb2f03ce797bc24104c50b42c935e5
> Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> Date:   Sat Dec 22 21:18:25 2007 -0800
> 
>     Modules: remove unneeded release function
> 
> ie you did it yourself!
> 
> What's the deal?

Oh I'm sure it was a cunning way of deluding oneself, and the entire
global community on top of it, too! ;)
Else it must have been successful sabotage by a certain M$ collaborator
employee I'd wager :)

Many thanks for taking part in this issue, thanks to you it sounds like we're
rather close to a solution now...

Andreas Mohr
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