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@xxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230808102828.4a9eac09@dellmb Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Marek Behún <kabel@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c index 530dfd19d7b5..50503a4525eb 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c @@ -515,8 +515,9 @@ static ssize_t unexport_store(const struct class *class, * they may be undone on its behalf too. */ if (test_and_clear_bit(FLAG_SYSFS, &desc->flags)) { + gpiod_unexport(desc); + gpiod_free(desc); status = 0; - gpiod_free(desc); } done: if (status) @@ -781,8 +782,10 @@ void gpiochip_sysfs_unregister(struct gpio_device *gdev) mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock); /* unregister gpiod class devices owned by sysfs */ - for_each_gpio_desc_with_flag(chip, desc, FLAG_SYSFS) + for_each_gpio_desc_with_flag(chip, desc, FLAG_SYSFS) { + gpiod_unexport(desc); gpiod_free(desc); + } } static int __init gpiolib_sysfs_init(void) -- 2.40.0.1.gaa8946217a0b