linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: Fix cleanup resources upon module removal

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Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:21:01 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	narmstrong@...libre.com
Cc:	f.fainelli@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch, rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk,
	pavel.nakonechny@...tlab.ru, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: Fix cleanup resources upon module removal

From: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
Date: Tue,  8 Mar 2016 10:36:20 +0100

> The initial commit badly merged into the dsa_resume method instead
> of the dsa_remove_dst method.
> As consequence, the dst->master_netdev->dsa_ptr is not set to NULL on
> removal and re-bind of the dsa device fails with error -17.
> 
> Fixes: b0dc635d923c ("net: dsa: cleanup resources upon module removal ")
> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
> ---
>  net/dsa/dsa.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> David, Florian, Andrew,
> 
> This fix is quite urgent since it breaks all the removal cleanup.

Since 'net' is closed, I've applied this to 'net-next' and queue it up for
-stable.

Thanks.