RE: [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset

[Dexuan Cui]

> From: devel [mailto:driverdev-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:30 AM
> To: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: olaf@xxxxxxxxx; Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset
> 
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:56:05 +0100
> Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 06:53:32AM -0700, kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> > > From: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Fixes: c2e5df616e1a ("vmbus: add per-channel sysfs info")
> > >
> > > Without the patch, a device can't be thoroughly destroyed, because
> > > vmbus_device_register() -> kset_create_and_add() still holds a reference
> > > to the hv_device's device.kobj.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Why is this marked for stable when the patch it "fixes" is in 4.15-rc1?
> 
> It doesn't need to go to stable.

Hi Greg,
May I know the status of the patch?

Thanks,
-- Dexuan