linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix sysfs recursive removal splats in isci

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Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:23:08 -0400
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Cc:     "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@...fitbricks.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Linux SCSI Mailinglist <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix sysfs recursive removal splats in isci

Hello,

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:41:07AM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> This series fixes a sysfs warning caused by isci not being able to cope with
> recursive sysfs path removals which are in place since commit bcdde7e
> ("sysfs: make __sysfs_remove_dir() recursive").

Thanks for fixing these.

> The mvsas, aic94xx and pm8001 and hisi_sas patches have been compile tested
> only hence they have no callstack of the affected path in their changelogs.
> 
> I'm not sure whether to mark this patches as stable or not. I tend to say no
> here, although we've seen complaints/bug reports on lkml and the scsi list.

Given that the failures aren't critical or all that common (only
happens on controller removal), I agree that not cc'ing stable is the
right call here.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun