linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] ahci: fix module refcount breakage introduced by libahci split

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Date:	Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:17:13 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
CC:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Pedro Francisco <pedrogfrancisco@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] ahci: fix module refcount breakage introduced
 by libahci split

On 09/21/2010 09:32 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 21.09.2010 11:25, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> libata depends on scsi_host_template for module reference counting and
>> sht's should be owned by each low level driver.  During libahci split,
>> the sht was left with libahci.ko leaving the actual low level drivers
>> not reference counted.  This made ahci and ahci_platform always
>> unloadable even while they're being actively used.
>>
>> Fix it by defining AHCI_SHT() macro in ahci.h and defining a sht for
>> each low level ahci driver.
>>
>> stable: only applicable to 2.6.35.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
>> Reported-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
>> Cc: stable@...nel.org
>> ---
>> Michael, thanks a lot for spotting it and bearing with me.
> Um.  All thanks goes to Pedro Francisco please, not to me -
> I just verified your patch on my system, it was Pedro who spotted
> and reported this.  You may add my
> 
>  Tested-Off-By: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
> 
> , but not Reported-by... please ;)

Oh, right.  Jeff, can you please adjust tags to

  Reported-by: Pedro Francisco <pedrogfrancisco@...il.com>
  Tested-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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