Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 May 2017 12:39:58 +0200 | From | Johan Hovold <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/4] serdev: fix broken lifetime assumptions |
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On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 07:07:27PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote: > This series fixes a number of issues with the new serdev code, which was > based on incorrect tty-port lifetime assumptions. > > The first patch disables serdev support by reverting the patch which > hooked into the tty layer in a broken way that leads to crashes and > leaks when deregistering devices. This one should probably go into 4.11. > > The second patch fixes a specific bug in the tty-port client > registration code, while the third patch adds a new interface for > registering serdev devices. The final patch ultimately enables serdev > again for the serial drivers. > > More details can be found in the individual commit messages. > > Johan > > > Johan Hovold (4): > Revert "tty_port: register tty ports with serdev bus" > serdev: fix tty-port client deregistration > tty/serdev: add serdev registration interface > serial: enable serdev support
Rob, did you have any further comments to this series?
Greg, I think these should go into 4.12-rc2, and the first patch should probably also have a stable tag now as serdev resource-management is clearly broken in 4.11.
Johan
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