linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpiolib: sysfs: Do unexport GPIO when user asks for it

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Date:   Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:33:45 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>,
        Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpiolib: sysfs: Do unexport GPIO when user asks
 for it

On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 1:19 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> It seems that sysfs interface implicitly relied on the gpiod_free()
> to unexport the line. This is not good and prone to regressions.
> Fix it by explicitly calling gpiod_unexport().
>
> Fixes: b0ce9ce408b6 ("gpiolib: Do not unexport GPIO on freeing")
> Reported-by: Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230808102828.4a9eac09@dellmb
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> Tested-by: Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>

Late to the show so patch already applied, but THANKS for
drilling into it and smoking out this bug Andy.

Yours,
Linus Walleij