linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysfs: handle duplicate removal attempts in sysfs_remove

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Date:	Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:02:52 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Cc:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: handle duplicate removal attempts in
 sysfs_remove_group()

Hello,

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 08:43:55AM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > So, we do have cases where the parent is removed before the child.  I
> > suppose the parent pci bridge is removed already?  AFAICS this
> > shouldn't break anything but people did seem to expect the removals to
> > be ordered from child to parent.  Bjorn, is this something you expect
> > to happened?
> 
> I do not expect a PCI bridge to be removed before the devices below
> it.  We should be removing all the children before removing the parent
> bridge.
> 
> But is this related to PCI?  I don't see the connection yet.  I tried

I'm not sure.  It was from thunderbolt and nobody is reporting it on
other interconnects, so it could be.

> to look into this a bit (my notes are at
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65281), but I haven't
> figured out the big-picture problem yet.
> 
> I don't have warm fuzzies that adding a "have we already removed this"
> check is the best resolution, but maybe that's just because I don't
> understand the problem.

Yeah, the whole thing is sorta pointless.  Just issuing removal and
continuing on should do, IMHO.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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