Re: [PATCH]drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c:call cdev_del during module_exitto unmap kobject references and other cleanups.

[Jiri Slaby]

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Thayumanavar Sachithanantham napsal(a):
> During module unloading, cdev_del be called to unmap cdev related
> kobject references and other cleanups(such as inode->i_cdev being set
> to NULL) which prevents the OOPS upon subsequent loading ,usage and
> unloading of modules(as seen in the mail thread:
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114533640609018&w=2).
> 
> Removed test of gpio_base as it is unneeded and will not be zero at
> module unload time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thayumanavar Sachithanantham <thayumk@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> --- linux-2.6/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c.orig	2006-04-17
> 21:37:25.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c	2006-04-17 23:05:49.000000000 -0700
> @@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ static int __init cs5535_gpio_init(void)
>  static void __exit cs5535_gpio_cleanup(void)
>  {
>  	dev_t dev_id = MKDEV(major, 0);
> +        cdev_del(&cs5535_gpio_cdev);
Spaces, again.

regards,
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