linux-kernel - Re: lightnvm: pblk: avoid ref warning on cache creation

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Date:   Fri, 23 Nov 2018 09:14:10 +0100
From:   Matias Bjørling <mb@...htnvm.io>
To:     javier@...igon.com
Cc:     hans.holmberg@...xlabs.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, javier@...xlabs.com
Subject: Re: lightnvm: pblk: avoid ref warning on cache creation

On 11/22/2018 02:46 PM, Javier González wrote:
> Matias,
> 
> Can you pick this up for 4.20? Even though it is not an error per se, it
> does trigger an ugly false positive warning when CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL is
> set.
> 
> Thanks,
> Javier
> 
> Javier González (1):
>    lightnvm: pblk: avoid ref warning on cache creation
> 
>   drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c | 14 +++++---------
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 

It is too late to get it for 4.20. I'll pull it in for 4.21.

We can put on a Fixes: 1864de94ec9d6 "lightnvm: pblk: stop recreating 
global caches" if you want Greg and friends to pick picked it up for 
stable kernels?