From d0f80f9aadf60adc4caafed0d2b01e79a315ff80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bjorn Helgaas Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 16:46:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] firmware: dmi-sysfs: Remove "dmi" directory on module exit With CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE=y, removing and immediately reloading the dmi-sysfs module causes the following warning: sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/firmware/dmi' kobject_add_internal failed for dmi with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. The "dmi" directory stays in sysfs until the dmi_kobj is released, and DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE delays that. I don't think we can hit this problem in normal usage because dmi_kobj is static and nothing outside dmi-sysfs can get a reference to it, so the only way to delay the "dmi" release is with DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c index 66200ed..e0f1cb3 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c @@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ static void __exit dmi_sysfs_exit(void) pr_debug("dmi-sysfs: unloading.\n"); cleanup_entry_list(); kset_unregister(dmi_kset); + kobject_del(dmi_kobj); kobject_put(dmi_kobj); } -- 2.7.4