Re: Linux 6.19.2

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Date: Mon Feb 16 2026 - 11:19:30 EST


diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 965228c1c2ff..f0eb659930b2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
VERSION = 6
PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 1
+SUBLEVEL = 2
EXTRAVERSION =
NAME = Baby Opossum Posse

diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 677320881af1..430cbefbc97f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -182,18 +182,9 @@ void device_set_deferred_probe_reason(const struct device *dev, struct va_format
static inline int driver_match_device(const struct device_driver *drv,
struct device *dev)
{
- device_lock_assert(dev);
-
return drv->bus->match ? drv->bus->match(dev, drv) : 1;
}

-static inline int driver_match_device_locked(const struct device_driver *drv,
- struct device *dev)
-{
- guard(device)(dev);
- return driver_match_device(drv, dev);
-}
-
static inline void dev_sync_state(struct device *dev)
{
if (dev->bus->sync_state)
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 331d750465e2..9eb7771706f0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static ssize_t bind_store(struct device_driver *drv, const char *buf,
int err = -ENODEV;

dev = bus_find_device_by_name(bus, NULL, buf);
- if (dev && driver_match_device_locked(drv, dev)) {
+ if (dev && driver_match_device(drv, dev)) {
err = device_driver_attach(drv, dev);
if (!err) {
/* success */
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index ed3a07624816..bea8da5f8a3a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static int __driver_attach(struct device *dev, void *data)
* is an error.
*/

- ret = driver_match_device_locked(drv, dev);
+ ret = driver_match_device(drv, dev);
if (ret == 0) {
/* no match */
return 0;