Fixes: c2e5df616e1a ("vmbus: add per-channel sysfs info")
Without the patch, a device can't be thoroughly destroyed, because
vmbus_device_register() -> kset_create_and_add() still holds a reference
to the hv_device's device.kobj.
Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
The patch is based on char-misc.git's char-misc-next branch.
drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 6a86746..4f3faf5 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -1378,6 +1378,8 @@ void vmbus_device_unregister(struct hv_device *device_obj)
pr_debug("child device %s unregistered\n",
dev_name(&device_obj->device));
+ kset_unregister(device_obj->channels_kset);
+
/*
* Kick off the process of unregistering the device.
* This will call vmbus_remove() and eventually vmbus_device_release()
--
2.7.4
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