Removing the SCSI tape module results in an oops in class_device_destroy if
any devices are present. The patch at the end of this message fixes the bug
by moving class_destroy() later in exit_st() so that the class still exists
when devices are removed. (The bug is old but class_simple_device_remove() did
nothing when the class did not exist.)
The patch also fixes a "class leak" in init_st() error path.
I would like to get this into 2.6.13 but it may be too late?
Signed-off-by: Kai Makisara <kai.makisara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
--- linux-2.6.13-rc5/drivers/scsi/st.c 2005-06-30 21:27:51.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.13-rc5-k1/drivers/scsi/st.c 2005-08-02 11:40:45.000000000 +0300
@@ -4149,12 +4149,10 @@ static int __init init_st(void)
do_create_driverfs_files();
return 0;
}
- if (st_sysfs_class)
- class_destroy(st_sysfs_class);
unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR, 0),
-
ST_MAX_TAPE_ENTRIES);
}
+ class_destroy(st_sysfs_class);
printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to get major %d for SCSI tapes\n", SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR);
return 1;
@@ -4162,13 +4160,11 @@ static int __init init_st(void)
static void __exit exit_st(void)
{
- if (st_sysfs_class)
- class_destroy(st_sysfs_class);
- st_sysfs_class = NULL;
do_remove_driverfs_files();
scsi_unregister_driver(&st_template.gendrv);
unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR, 0),
ST_MAX_TAPE_ENTRIES);
+ class_destroy(st_sysfs_class);
kfree(scsi_tapes);
printk(KERN_INFO "st: Unloaded.\n");
}
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