Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Jul 2020 08:57:16 +0200 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RESEND v2] PCI: Add device even if driver attach failed |
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On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 04:32:40PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote: > device_attach() returning failure indicates a driver error while trying to > probe the device. In such a scenario, the PCI device should still be added > in the system and be visible to the user. > > This patch partially reverts: > commit ab1a187bba5c ("PCI: Check device_attach() return value always") > > Signed-off-by: Rajat Jain <rajatja@google.com> > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > --- > Resending to stable, independent from other patches per Greg's suggestion > v2: Add Greg's reviewed by, fix commit log
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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this properly.
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