Re: [PATCH 03/11] cpufreq: fix kobject reference count handling

From: Dave Jones
Date: Thu Feb 21 2008 - 18:55:20 EST


On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 03:47:59PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Balaji Rao <balajirrao@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The cpufreq core should not take an extra kobject reference count for no
> reason, and then refuse to release it. This has been reported as
> keeping machines from properly powering down all the way.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Balaji Rao <balajirrao@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yi Yang <yi.y.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

ACK. This needs to go in soon, so I can stop hearing about it :-)

Dave

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