Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] i2c: dev: fix blocked adapter deregistration

From: Bartosz Golaszewski

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 03:19:51 EST


On Wed, Nov 04, 2026 at 09:42:49PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 12:20:40PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > As part of addressing I2C lifetime issues, this series fixes an issue
> > which may actually matter to some people, at least if they are playing
> > around with USB attached I2C controllers, and whose fix does not depend
> > on any larger rework.
> >
> > This could possibly go into 7.3, but can also wait for 7.4 as the
> > impact of the issue (both in terms of number of affected users and
> > symptoms) should be limited.
>
> Oh wow, I completely missed this for some reason :( Just discovered it
> while digging around in patchwork.
>
> I will try to find some time soon, so we can have it at least in 7.5.
>
> Adding Bart to CC, maybe he is interested.
>

Yeah, I didn't see it either. And yes, I'm obviously interested, this
has been my pet-peeve for years. :)

I'm adding this to my TODO list for today.

Bart