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Re: [PATCH] release_pcibus_dev() crash
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 03:17:58PM -0600, John Rose wrote:
> > Closer (you forgot a changelog entry too...)
>
> Just to be a brat, I'll point out that I couldn't find a single user of
> CLASS_DEVICE_ATTR that explicitly cleans things up like we're doing here. That
> would include firmware and net-sysfs stuff. Maybe enforcing such a policy upon
> device removal would increase participation :) But okay, here's another try:
Yeah, I know everyone doesn't do it, but I'm trying to get them all to,
and when I have a chance to point it out and fix it, I am. Just like
now, thanks for putting up with me :)
> During the course of a hotplug removal of a PCI bus, release_pcibus_dev()
> attempts to remove attribute files from a kobject directory that no longer
> exists. This patch moves these calls to pci_remove_bus(), where they can work
> as intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Rose <johnrose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Looks good, applied, thanks.
greg k-h
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