linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pwm: Unexport children before chip removal

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Message-ID: <20160905144641.GR31424@ulmo.ba.sec>
Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2016 16:46:41 +0200
From:   Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:     David Hsu <davidhsu@...gle.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, sspatil@...gle.com,
        linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pwm: Unexport children before chip removal

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 02:57:46PM -0700, David Hsu wrote:
> Exported pwm channels aren't removed before the pwmchip and are
> leaked. This results in invalid sysfs files. This fix removes
> all exported pwm channels before chip removal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hsu <davidhsu@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pwm/core.c  |  2 ++
>  drivers/pwm/sysfs.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/pwm.h |  5 +++++
>  3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

I've applied this with the following added to the commit message:

	Fixes: 76abbdde2d95 ("pwm: Add sysfs interface")

since this seems to have been wrong since forever.

Thierry

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