linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] driver core: Call sync_state() even if supplier has no consumers

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Message-ID: <20200221092540.GA71325@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:25:40 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] driver core: Call sync_state() even if supplier
 has no consumers

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:05:08AM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> The initial patch that added sync_state() support didn't handle the case
> where a supplier has no consumers. This was because when a device is
> successfully bound with a driver, only its suppliers were checked to see
> if they are eligible to get a sync_state(). This is not sufficient for
> devices that have no consumers but still need to do device state clean
> up. So fix this.
> 
> Fixes: fc5a251d0fd7ca90 (driver core: Add sync_state driver/bus callback)

Should be:
Fixes: fc5a251d0fd7 ("driver core: Add sync_state driver/bus callback")

> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>

So this needs to go to 5.5 also, right?

thanks,

greg k-h