linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bus: subsys: propagate errors from subsys interface's ->add

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2015 08:55:59 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	pi-cheng.chen@...aro.org, "3.3+" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bus: subsys: propagate errors from subsys interface's
 ->add_dev()

On 29-07-15, 14:19, Greg KH wrote:
> I don't see how this is a stable bug fix, what is resolved by it that
> doesn't work today?  Is there some code that is expecting this
> functionality that has never been present?
> 
> I'll go queue it up, but I don't think it is -stable material, but feel
> free to change my mind.

Yeah, probably its a bit overdone. Leave the stable thing for now..

-- 
viresh
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