Re: [PATCH] driver core: delete virtual directory on class_unregister()

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 04:53:18AM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> Class virtual directory is created as the need arises.
> But it is not deleted when the class is unregistered.
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/base/class.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: work-fault-inject/drivers/base/class.c
> ===================================================================
> --- work-fault-inject.orig/drivers/base/class.c
> +++ work-fault-inject/drivers/base/class.c
> @@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ int class_register(struct class * cls)
>  void class_unregister(struct class * cls)
>  {
>  	pr_debug("device class '%s': unregistering\n", cls->name);
> +	if (cls->virtual_dir)
> +		kobject_unregister(cls->virtual_dir);
>  	remove_class_attrs(cls);
>  	subsystem_unregister(&cls->subsys);
>  }

Hm, why is this not reproducable for me then without this patch?

Very strange, I'll dig into it some more this evening, gotta go do
family stuff for the rest of the day...

thanks,

greg k-h