linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: sysfs: fix gpio-chip device-attribute leak

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Message-ID: <CAAVeFuJEVB2NYCEcRrS8oMjhYpon0kp_2nQ9DB5Cp3n1C4tLAA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:25:32 +0900
From:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
To:	Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: sysfs: fix gpio-chip device-attribute leak

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org> wrote:
> The gpio-chip device attributes were never destroyed when the device was
> removed.
>
> Fix by using device_create_with_groups() to create the device attributes
> of the chip class device.
>
> Note that this also fixes the attribute-creation race with userspace.

... and it also improves code readability.

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
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