Re: [PATCH 0/7] hvcs: Various hvcs device hotplug fixes
From: Christophe Leroy <hidden>
Date: 2023-02-01 10:33:27
Le 30/01/2023 à 23:43, Brian King a écrit :
This patch series fixes a number of issues with hotplugging hvcs devices including memory leaks as well as, the inability to reconnect to a console device after it has been hot added back, since it was not getting cleaned up properly on the hotplug remove path. Brian King (7): hvcs: Fix hvcs port reference counting hvcs: Remove sysfs file prior to vio unregister hvcs: Remove sysfs group earlier hvcs: Get reference to tty in remove hvcs: Use vhangup in hotplug remove hvcs: Synchronize hotplug remove with port free powerpc: Fix device node refcounting arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c | 1 + drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c | 61 +++++++++-------------- 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
As far as I can see, most recent patches in drivers/tty/hvc/ are taken by Greg Kroah-Hartman [off-list ref] so I'd suggest you send you series to Greg as he maintains the tty tree. By the way, does last patch require the 6 previous ones or can it be applied independently ? Christophe