[PATCH] driver core: fix async device shutdown hang

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 03:15:17PM -0500, Stuart Hayes wrote:
> Modify device_shutdown() so that supplier devices do not wait for
> consumer devices to be shut down first when the devlink is sync state
> only, since the consumer is not dependent on the supplier in this case.
> 
> Without this change, a circular dependency could hang the system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stuart Hayes <stuart.w.hayes at gmail.com>

What commit id does this fix?  Should it go to stable?

And what driver is causing this problem, is this a regression or for
something new that just got added to the tree?

thanks,

greg k-h