Re: [PATCH] FMC: misc_register should not be called while atomic

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:39:42AM +0200, Alessandro Rubini wrote:
> >> --- a/drivers/fmc/fmc-chardev.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/fmc/fmc-chardev.c
> >> @@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ static int fc_probe(struct fmc_device *fmc)
> >>  	fc->misc.fops = &fc_fops;
> >>  	fc->misc.name = kstrdup(dev_name(&fmc->dev), GFP_KERNEL);
> >>  
> >> -	spin_lock(&fc_lock);
> >>  	ret = misc_register(&fc->misc);
> >> +	spin_lock(&fc_lock);
> >>  	if (ret < 0) {
> >>  		kfree(fc->misc.name);
> >>  		kfree(fc);
> >> -- 
> >> 1.9.1
> 
> This is already applied, though in a slightly different way. Commit
> 783c2fb1b. I fixed it in Jul 13 2013 after user reports.
> 
> "git tag --contains 783c2fb1b" reports v3.12-rc1 and later

Then why in the world is it being submitted as a patch to be included?
What is going on here?

confused,

greg k-h