When gpio chip device is removed while some related gpio are used by the user-space, the following warning can appear: remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/233', leaking at least 'gpiomon' WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 72 at fs/proc/generic.c:717 remove_proc_entry+0x190/0x19c ... Call trace: remove_proc_entry+0x190/0x19c unregister_irq_proc+0xd0/0x104 free_desc+0x4c/0xc4 irq_free_descs+0x6c/0x90 irq_dispose_mapping+0x104/0x14c gpiochip_irqchip_remove+0xcc/0x1a4 gpiochip_remove+0x48/0x100 ... Indeed, the gpio cdev uses an IRQ but this IRQ is not released (irq_free() call) before the call to gpiochip_irqchip_remove(). In order to give a chance to the gpio dev driver to release this irq before removing the IRQ mapping, notify the cdev driver about the gpio device removal before the gpiochip_irqchip_remove() call. Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c index 8b3a0f45b574..079181b9daa8 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -1051,6 +1051,13 @@ void gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc) /* FIXME: should the legacy sysfs handling be moved to gpio_device? */ gpiochip_sysfs_unregister(gdev); + + /* + * Tell gcdev that the device is removing. If any gpio resources are in + * use (irqs for instance), it's time for gcdev to release them. + */ + gcdev_unregister(gdev); + gpiochip_free_hogs(gc); /* Numb the device, cancelling all outstanding operations */ gdev->chip = NULL; @@ -1085,7 +1092,6 @@ void gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc) * be removed, else it will be dangling until the last user is * gone. */ - gcdev_unregister(gdev); up_write(&gdev->sem); gpio_device_put(gdev); } -- 2.43.0