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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] mtd: Add hooks to call get and put on mtd devices.
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Am 05.08.2016 um 13:54 schrieb Baxter, Jim:
>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Sandeep Jain <Sandeep_Jain@mentor.com> wrote:
>>> From: Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@mentor.com>
>>>
>>> Add hooks to mtdpart to call _get_device and _put_device,
>>> this allows the mtd devices to perform internal
>>> reference counting if required.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@mentor.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sandeep Jain <Sandeep_Jain@mentor.com>
>>
>> I sent the same patch some time ago:
>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/644422/

Brian, can you please pickup my patch for 4.8-rcX?
The patch fixes a real problem and another patch from
Mentor folks depends on it.

Thanks,
//richard