From: Ben Dooks <ben-i2c-elnMNo+KYs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König"
<u.kleine-koenig-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
<dbaryshkov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org,
Eric Miao <eric.y.miao-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Ben Dooks <ben-linux-elnMNo+KYs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] i2c-pxa: move i2c_pxa_remove to __devexit instead of just __exit
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 09:19:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110105091915.GV27131@trinity.fluff.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110105082445.GL25121-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 09:24:45AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> a bit of explanation would be nice here. Something like:
>
> Subject: i2c-pxa: make sure the remove callback is called on unbind
>
> When a "pxa2xx-i2c" device was unbound (e.g. via sysfs) the remove
> callback was not called because it was discarded after boot or module
> load time. Because of that the resources allocated in probe were not
> freed and so a rebind was impossible.
>
> Fix that by moving the remove callback to .devexit.text.
>
> This way everyone can understand that a real bug is fixed here.
agreed, please re-submit
--
Ben Dooks, ben-elnMNo+KYs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, http://www.fluff.org/ben/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-05 9:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-05 2:05 [PATCH 1/6] i2c-pxa: move i2c_pxa_remove to __devexit instead of just __exit Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
[not found] ` <1294193110-23958-1-git-send-email-dbaryshkov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-05 8:24 ` Uwe Kleine-König
[not found] ` <20110105082445.GL25121-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-05 9:19 ` Ben Dooks [this message]
[not found] ` <20110105091915.GV27131-SMNkleLxa3Z6Wcw2j4pizdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-06 11:01 ` [PATCH] i2c-pxa: fix unbidding/rebidding of the device Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
[not found] ` <1294311682-13287-1-git-send-email-dbaryshkov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-06 12:40 ` Uwe Kleine-König
[not found] ` <20110106124028.GX25121-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-08 16:06 ` [PATCH] i2c-pxa: fix unbinding/rebinding " Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
[not found] ` <1294502804-6580-1-git-send-email-dbaryshkov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-08 16:18 ` Uwe Kleine-König
[not found] ` <20110108161828.GC8237-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-15 13:59 ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
[not found] ` <AANLkTimO1KFNm5xZ+2qJoGQq-ndVg0ER3KKwf0RYYOLK-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-15 16:23 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-01-05 12:17 ` [PATCH 1/6] i2c-pxa: move i2c_pxa_remove to __devexit instead of just __exit Ben Dooks
2011-01-08 17:42 ` Ben Dooks
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