Re: [PATCH] spi: bcm2835: do not unregister controller in shutdown handler

Lino Sanfilippo
2021-10-04T18:31:09Z

On 04.10.21 at 17:44, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

>
> Well, that is up to the driver implementing this. It looks like device
> shutdown is called before the userspace is all nuked so yes,
> concurrency with userspace is a possible concern here.
>

So the TPM driver has to handle remove() after shutdown() anyway, right?
Because even if not caused by the BCM2835 drivers controller unregistration
something else could unload the module and the problem (NULL pointer access)
would be the same.

Regards,
Lino