RE: [PATCH v2] ACPI / button: remove pointer to old lid_sysfs on unbind

From: Zheng, Lv
Date: Sun Jul 31 2016 - 20:36:00 EST


Hi, Benjamin

> From: Benjamin Tissoires [mailto:benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Subject: [PATCH v2] ACPI / button: remove pointer to old lid_sysfs on
> unbind
>
> When we removed the procfs dir on error or if the driver is
> unbound, the two variables acpi_lid_dir and acpi_button_dir
> were not reset. On the next rebind, those static variables
> were not null and we couldn't re-register the device again.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
[Lv Zheng]
Looks good.
Acked-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>

Chhers
Lv

>
> --
> changes in v2:
> - put the NULL assignments at their correct place
> ---
> drivers/acpi/button.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/button.c b/drivers/acpi/button.c
> index 5c3b091..a3873b3 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/button.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/button.c
> @@ -191,8 +191,10 @@ remove_dev_dir:
> acpi_device_dir(device) = NULL;
> remove_lid_dir:
> remove_proc_entry(ACPI_BUTTON_SUBCLASS_LID,
> acpi_button_dir);
> + acpi_lid_dir = NULL;
> remove_button_dir:
> remove_proc_entry(ACPI_BUTTON_CLASS, acpi_root_dir);
> + acpi_button_dir = NULL;
> goto done;
> }
>
> @@ -209,7 +211,9 @@ static int acpi_button_remove_fs(struct
> acpi_device *device)
> acpi_lid_dir);
> acpi_device_dir(device) = NULL;
> remove_proc_entry(ACPI_BUTTON_SUBCLASS_LID,
> acpi_button_dir);
> + acpi_lid_dir = NULL;
> remove_proc_entry(ACPI_BUTTON_CLASS, acpi_root_dir);
> + acpi_button_dir = NULL;
>
> return 0;
> }
> --
> 2.5.5