[PATCH v2 01/16] chardev: add helper function to register char devs with a struct device

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 07:36:09PM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Logan Gunthorpe <logang at deltatee.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 27/02/17 09:56 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> >> Yes please, that is way too subtle. Suggest:
> >>
> >> NOTE: Callers must assume that userspace was able to open the cdev and
> >> can call cdev fops callbacks at any time, even if this function fails.
> >>
> >> I would also add a note to cdev_device_del:
> >>
> >> NOTE: This guarantees that associated sysfs callbacks are not running
> >> or runnable, however any open cdevs will remain and their fops remain
> >> callable even after this returns.
> >>
> >> Since I have seen a lot of confusion on that point as well..
> >
> > Sure, I'll add that verbiage to a v3 sometime after rc1.
> 
> It would also be great to patch1 into a stable non-rebasing git tree
> so it can be used as a baseline for other 4.12 targeted development.
> The device-dax patches in particular collide with some pending
> development.

I'll do that once -rc1 is out, I can't take any new patches right now :)

thanks,

greg k-h