From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx> Linux kernel commit 8bd76b3d3f3a ("gpio: sim: lock up configfs that an instantiated device depends on") uncovered an issue in Python bindings tests where the GPIO simulator device is not disabled before removing its configfs entries. Reorder the operations in chip_finalize() in order to disable the device first (if needed) before releasing any other resources. Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx> --- bindings/python/tests/gpiosim/ext.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/bindings/python/tests/gpiosim/ext.c b/bindings/python/tests/gpiosim/ext.c index 272e6f7..cb5611a 100644 --- a/bindings/python/tests/gpiosim/ext.c +++ b/bindings/python/tests/gpiosim/ext.c @@ -96,15 +96,16 @@ static int chip_init(chip_object *self, static void chip_finalize(chip_object *self) { - if (self->bank) - gpiosim_bank_unref(self->bank); - if (self->dev) { if (gpiosim_dev_is_live(self->dev)) gpiosim_dev_disable(self->dev); - - gpiosim_dev_unref(self->dev); } + + if (self->bank) + gpiosim_bank_unref(self->bank); + + if (self->dev) + gpiosim_dev_unref(self->dev); } static void chip_dealloc(PyObject *self) -- 2.45.2