Re: [PATCH] leds: trigger: Unregister sysfs attributes before calling deactivate()

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On Sat, May 04, 2024 at 06:25:33PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Triggers which have trigger specific sysfs attributes typically store
> related data in trigger-data allocated by the activate() callback and
> freed by the deactivate() callback.
> 
> Calling device_remove_groups() after calling deactivate() leaves a window
> where the sysfs attributes show/store functions could be called after
> deactivation and then operate on the just freed trigger-data.
> 
> Move the device_remove_groups() call to before deactivate() to close
> this race window.
> 
> This also makes the deactivation path properly do things in reverse order
> of the activation path which calls the activate() callback before calling
> device_add_groups().
> 
> Fixes: a7e7a3156300 ("leds: triggers: add device attribute support")
> Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks reasonable

Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
Uwe

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