linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] remoteproc: core: Move validate before device add

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Message-ID: <YMj6KOb2uNdA9Tpj@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:06:16 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, ohad@...ery.com,
        linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, psodagud@...eaurora.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] remoteproc: core: Move validate before device add

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 12:03:42PM -0700, Siddharth Gupta wrote:
> We can validate whether the remoteproc is correctly setup before
> making the cdev_add and device_add calls. This saves us the
> trouble of cleaning up later on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@...eaurora.org>
> Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 

Why is this relevant for stable?  What commit does this fix?  Please put
a Fixes: tag for that.

thanks,

greg k-h