Re: [PATCH v5] uio: Fix uio driver to refcount device

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Mar 19 2015 - 10:05:51 EST


On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 01:40:39PM +0000, Brian Russell wrote:
> Protect uio driver from its owner being unplugged while there are open fds.
>
> v5: add patch version changes
>
> v4: info struct passed in uio_register_device can be freed on unregister, so null
> out the field in uio_unregister_device and check accesses.
>
> v3: Embed struct device in struct uio_device, use refcounting on device, free
> uio_device on release.
>
> v2: Add blank line to header

These need to go below the --- line, we don't need them in the
changelog.

v6? :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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