linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] mtd: Add hooks to call get and put on mtd devices.

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Date:	Fri, 5 Aug 2016 14:13:54 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	"Baxter, Jim" <jim_baxter@...tor.com>
Cc:	Sandeep Jain <Sandeep_Jain@...tor.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] mtd: Add hooks to call get and put on mtd devices.

Am 05.08.2016 um 13:54 schrieb Baxter, Jim:
>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Sandeep Jain <Sandeep_Jain@...tor.com> wrote:
>>> From: Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@...tor.com>
>>>
>>> Add hooks to mtdpart to call _get_device and _put_device,
>>> this allows the mtd devices to perform internal
>>> reference counting if required.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@...tor.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sandeep Jain <Sandeep_Jain@...tor.com>
>>
>> I sent the same patch some time ago:
>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/644422/

Brian, can you please pickup my patch for 4.8-rcX?
The patch fixes a real problem and another patch from
Mentor folks depends on it.

Thanks,
//richard