Re: BUG in: Driver core: convert block from raw kobjects to coredevices

From: Kay Sievers
Date: Thu Oct 18 2007 - 15:26:42 EST


On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 15:23 -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> This patch (as1004) fixes a refcounting bug in the development version
> of the block-device core.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> Kay, you have got to start testing your patches better!

That leaves references around for SCSI target devices. There must be a
bug somewhere else, if the patch isn't correct.

> Finding and
> fixing refcount errors is _not_ one of my favorite ways to pass the
> time. For example, you could see what happens when you insert and
> unplug a USB flash disk a few times.

What do you see with the original version?

Kay

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