Re: [PATCH] of: provide of_platform_unpopulate()

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On Fri, 2013-07-19 at 20:14 +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> The problem is that platform_device_del() "releases" each ressource in its
> tree. This does not work on platform_devices created by OF becuase they
> were never added via insert_resource(). As a consequence old->parent in
> __release_resource() is NULL and we explode while accessing ->child.
> So I either I do something completly wrong _or_ nobody here tested the
> rmmod path of their driver.

But that's wrong. I am not familar with all that new code, but from step
up, not having the resources in the resource tree is a bad idea to begin
with....

> This patch provides a common function to unregister / remove devices
> which added to the system via of_platform_populate(). While this works
> now on my test case I have not tested any of the driver I modify here so
> feedback is greatly appreciated.

Ben.


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