netdev - Re: [PATCH] bonding: Fix sysfs attribute handling

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Date:	Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:27:04 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Libor Pechacek <lpechacek@...e.cz>
Cc:	fubar@...ibm.com, bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: Fix sysfs attribute handling

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:52:55 +0100 Libor Pechacek <lpechacek@...e.cz> wrote:

> bonding: Fix sysfs attribute handling
> 
> For bonding interfaces any attempt to read the sysfs directory contents after
> module removal results in an oops.  The fix is to release sysfs attributes
> for the interfaces upon module unload.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Libor Pechacek <lpechacek@...e.cz>
> --
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c |    3 +--
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> index 0942d82..33767d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> @@ -4528,8 +4528,7 @@ static void bond_free_all(void)
>  		netif_tx_unlock_bh(bond_dev);
>  		/* Release the bonded slaves */
>  		bond_release_all(bond_dev);
> -		bond_deinit(bond_dev);
> -		unregister_netdevice(bond_dev);
> +		bond_destroy(bond);
>  	}

Is this also needed in 2.6.24.x?
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