linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5] scsi: ufshcd: Fix device links when BOOT WLUN fails to probe

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Message-Id: <162916990042.4875.5784474271226040041.b4-ty@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:17:31 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
Cc:     "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Avri Altman <avri.altman@....com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Asutosh Das <asutoshd@...eaurora.org>,
        Bean Huo <huobean@...il.com>, Can Guo <cang@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5] scsi: ufshcd: Fix device links when BOOT WLUN fails to probe

On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 16:04:41 +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:

> Managed device links are deleted by device_del(). However it is possible to
> add a device link to a consumer before device_add(), and then discovering
> an error prevents the device from being used. In that case normally
> references to the device would be dropped and the device would be deleted.
> However the device link holds a reference to the device, so the device link
> and device remain indefinitely (unless the supplier is deleted).
> 
> [...]

Applied to 5.15/scsi-queue, thanks!

[1/1] scsi: ufshcd: Fix device links when BOOT WLUN fails to probe
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/bf25967ac541

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering