linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 1/3] driver core: Prevent warning when removing a device link from unregistered consumer

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Message-ID: <YOm6hWQ+RL7ILm3p@kroah.com>
Date:   Sat, 10 Jul 2021 17:19:33 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Avri Altman <avri.altman@....com>,
        Bean Huo <huobean@...il.com>, Can Guo <cang@...eaurora.org>,
        Asutosh Das <asutoshd@...eaurora.org>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/3] driver core: Prevent warning when removing a
 device link from unregistered consumer

On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 01:38:17PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> sysfs_remove_link() causes a warning if the parent directory does not
> exist. That can happen if the device link consumer has not been registered.
> So do not attempt sysfs_remove_link() in that case.
> 
> Fixes: 287905e68dd29 ("driver core: Expose device link details in sysfs")
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

No Cc: stable for this?  Why not?