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

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 08:41:44PM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > 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>;
> > jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; marcelo.cerri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > leann.ogasawara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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?

It's still in my "to-apply" queue.  As it's only a 4.15-final thing,
don't worry, it will get there...

thanks,

greg k-h