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Subject[patch 02/24] cs5535_gpio.c: call cdev_del() during module_exit to unmap kobject references and other cleanups
-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Thayumanavar Sachithanantham <thayumk@gmail.com>

[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 <thayumk@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.16.11.orig/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c
+++ linux-2.6.16.11/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);
--
-
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