[PATCH V2 0/2] driver core: Add ability to delete device links of unregistered devices

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Fri Jul 09 2021 - 02:43:42 EST


Hi

There is an issue with the SCSI UFS driver when the optional
BOOT well-known LUN fails to probe, which is not a fatal error.
The issue is that the device and its "managed" device link do not
then get deleted. The device because the device link has a
reference to it. The device link because it can only be deleted
by device_del(), but device_add() was never called, so device_del()
never will be either.

These V2 patches fix the issue by amending device link removal to accept
removal of a link with an unregistered consumer device, as suggested
by Rafael.


Changes in V2:

Take approach suggested by Rafael


Adrian Hunter (2):
driver core: Add ability to delete device links of unregistered devices
scsi: ufshcd: Fix device links when BOOT WLUN fails to probe

drivers/base/core.c | 11 ++++++++---
drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)


Regards
Adrian