Re: /dev entry of USB device not disappearing after detach

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 07:35:31PM +0200, Valentina Manea wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am working on a driver for a virtual USB host controller. When I attach a USB
> device, everything is fine - sysfs files are created, /dev entry is
> created, device is usable.
> However, when I detach it, the /dev entry still remains. The sysfs
> files are removed, as expected. Obviously, the /dev entry is no longer
> usable, e.g. it can't be used for mounting.

What /dev entry are you referring to?

Did something have it held open while the device was still connected and
hasn't closed it yet?

> The output from udevmon is here [1]. vhci_hcd is the device representing the
> USB hub and 2-1 is the bus ID of the attached device.
> 
> As far as I can tell, udevd receives the remove event but, for some
> reason, the /dev entry still remains.

How about enabling debugging in the USB core to see what is going on
with the device removal path?

thanks,

greg k-h
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