linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: cleanup proc fs entries upon exit

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Message-Id: <20220220231554.2510567-1-ztong0001@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 20 Feb 2022 15:15:53 -0800
From:   Tong Zhang <ztong0001@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...glemail.com>,
        Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@...il.com>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Tong Zhang <ztong0001@...il.com>,
        Cláudio Maia <clrrm@...p.ipp.pt>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: cleanup proc fs entries upon exit

proc fs entries need to be removed when module is removed, otherwise
when we try to insert the module again, kernel will complain

[  493.068012] proc_dir_entry 'net/ieee80211' already registered
[  493.271973]  proc_mkdir+0x18/0x20
[  493.272136]  ieee80211_debug_init+0x28/0xde8 [r8192u_usb]
[  493.272404]  rtl8192_usb_module_init+0x10/0x161 [r8192u_usb]

[   13.910616] proc_dir_entry 'net/rtl819xU' already registered
[   13.918931]  proc_mkdir+0x18/0x20
[   13.919098]  rtl8192_usb_module_init+0x142/0x16d [r8192u_usb]

Signed-off-by: Tong Zhang <ztong0001@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
index 364e1ca94f70..683afdc667bc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
@@ -4825,6 +4825,11 @@ static int __init rtl8192_usb_module_init(void)
 static void __exit rtl8192_usb_module_exit(void)
 {
 	usb_deregister(&rtl8192_usb_driver);
+	remove_proc_entry(RTL819XU_MODULE_NAME, init_net.proc_net);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG
+	ieee80211_debug_exit();
+#endif
 
 	RT_TRACE(COMP_DOWN, "Exiting");
 }
-- 
2.25.1