[PATCH 2.6.35] mtd: blktrans: Move device and module ref-counting back to open/release

[Maxim Levitsky]

On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 14:47 -0700, Kevin Cernekee wrote: 
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 16:34 -0700, Kevin Cernekee wrote:
> >> Just updated to 2.6.36-rc3 and noticed a related issue.  Configuration is:
> >>
> >> CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK=y
> >> CONFIG_MTD_BLKDEVS=y
> >> CONFIG_MTD_UBI_GLUEBI=y
> >
> > Would you please check if Maxim's patch fixes this:
> > [PATCH V2] MTD: blktrans: Final version of hotplug support
> 
> I applied the following patch to my 2.6.36-rc4 tree:
> 
> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] MTD: blktrans: Final version of hotplug support
> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:12:36 +0200
> Message-Id: <1284851558-1154-2-git-send-email-maximlevitsky at gmail.com>
> 
> This fixed the MTD_BLOCK + MTD_UBI_GLUEBI regression that I reported earlier.

Sorry for not sending updates, I did split this patch up, and will send
it soon.
Was finding workarounds, filling bugs for Ubuntu 10.10 brain damage.
(Had to install it somewhen).

Look one cosmetic, but annoying regression turned out to be a explicit
feature, and this 'bug' fixes it...
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/619816

Sorry for this ooftopic rant, but it really got my nerves.


Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky