[PATCH 0/7] hvcs: Various hvcs device hotplug fixes

[Christophe Leroy]

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 <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> 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