linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 17/23] counter: intel-qep: Convert to new counter registration

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Message-ID: <162c710f-4fa2-1cb4-e332-83e33e510e42@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Dec 2021 17:02:39 +0200
From:   Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
Cc:     Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Felipe Balbi (Intel)" <balbi@...nel.org>,
        Raymond Tan <raymond.tan@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 17/23] counter: intel-qep: Convert to new counter
 registration

On 12/27/21 11:45, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> This fixes device lifetime issues where it was possible to free a live
> struct device.
> 
> Fixes: b711f687a1c1 ("counter: Add support for Intel Quadrature Encoder Peripheral")
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> ---
>   drivers/counter/intel-qep.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
Should the Fixes tag rather be b6c50affda59 ("counter: Add character 
device interface") instead of when each drivers were introduced? I mean 
was it possible to hit the issue before /dev/counter was introduced?

Jarkko