"Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email protected]> writes:

> Because of a sanity check in virtio_dev_remove, a buggy device can crash
> kernel.  And in case of rproc it's userspace so it's not a good idea.
> We are unloading a driver so how bad can it be?
> Be less aggressive in handling this error: if it's a driver bug,
> warning once should be enough.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>
>
> --
>
> 3.6 material?

I have already applied, this, but it's not for stable, since it's a
"theoretical bugfix".  That check has been in there forever and noone
AFAIK has actually struck it.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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