linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scmi: provide the mandatory device release callback

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Date:   Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:33:30 +0000
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        ARM SoC Team <arm@...nel.org>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scmi: provide the mandatory device release
 callback

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 11:30:24AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 12:35 PM Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com> wrote:
> >
> > The device/driver model clearly mandates that bus driver that discover
> > and allocate the device must set the release callback. This callback
> > will be used to free the device after all references have gone away.
> ...
> > Hi ARM-SoC team,
> >
> > Can you apply this one patch directly or I can send pull request if you
> > prefer ?
>
> I applied it to the arm/fixes branch now, and added a Cc:stable tag
> for backporting to 4.19 and 4.20.
>

Thanks for that.

--
Regards,
Sudeep