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From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 13:57:11 +0800
Subject: where and when the kernel destroy devices memory if there were
 no matched driver for it?
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 01:52:55PM +0800, kipade wrote:
> Hi, all
> 
> As my question, would kernel destroy deivces struct if there were no matched
> driver attached on it?

No, only when the device is removed from the system does that structure
get destroyed.

greg k-h