[PATCH v4 01/58] mtd: nand: denali: add missing nand_release() call in denali_remove()
Boris Brezillon
boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com
Fri Dec 11 07:15:35 PST 2015
Hi Dan,
On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:39:47 +0300
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter at oracle.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 02:53:20PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > Hi Brian,
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:40:08 -0800
> > Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 08:59:45AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > > Unregister the NAND device from the NAND subsystem when removing a denali
> > > > NAND controller, otherwise the MTD attached to the NAND device is still
> > > > exposed by the MTD layer, and accesses to this device will likely crash
> > > > the system.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com>
> > > > Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org> #3.8+
> > >
> > > Does this follow these rules, from
> > > Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt?
> > >
> > > - It must be obviously correct and tested.
> > >
> > > - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a
> > > problem..." type thing).
> >
> > As you wish, I'll remove those Cc and Fixes tags, or just drop the
> > patch if you think it's useless...
>
> The fixes tag is a separate thing from CCing stable. It's useful on by
> itself. I always put the person who wrote the original patch in the To:
> header so they can review and comment if I have made a mistake.
Noted. I added back the Fixes tag and added Dinh Nguyen (the commit
author) in the loop.
Thanks,
Boris
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