From 0324680064fd89d6ad52e89a4ccf16dec3ea3caa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thayumanavar Sachithanantham Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:43:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] cs5535_gpio.c: call cdev_del() during module_exit to unmap kobject references and other cleanups During module unloading, cdev_del() must be called to unmap cdev related kobject references and other cleanups(such as inode->i_cdev being set to NULL) which prevents the OOPS upon subsequent loading, usage and unloading of modules(as seen in the mail thread http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114533640609018&w=2). Also, remove unneeded test of gpio_base. Signed-off-by: Thayumanavar Sachithanantham Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c b/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c index 5d72f50de1ac..46d66037b917 100644 --- a/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c +++ b/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c @@ -241,9 +241,10 @@ static int __init cs5535_gpio_init(void) static void __exit cs5535_gpio_cleanup(void) { dev_t dev_id = MKDEV(major, 0); + + cdev_del(&cs5535_gpio_cdev); unregister_chrdev_region(dev_id, CS5535_GPIO_COUNT); - if (gpio_base != 0) - release_region(gpio_base, CS5535_GPIO_SIZE); + release_region(gpio_base, CS5535_GPIO_SIZE); } module_init(cs5535_gpio_init); -- 2.20.1