Re: [question] De-registration does not remove port

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On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 06:33:01PM +0530, Saubhik Mukherjee wrote:
> On 6/23/21 12:44 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 11:42:36AM +0530, Saubhik Mukherjee wrote:
> > > In drivers/tty/serial/arc_uart.c, arc_serial_remove always returns 0,
> > > instead of calling uart_remove_one_port to remove uart port from serial
> > > core. The comment says "This will be never be called". In my understanding,
> > > a port added using uart_add_one_port should be removed during
> > > de-registration.
> > > 
> > > Is there a reason for this behavior?
> > 
> > Did you test the code to see if that function will ever be called?
> 
> I would like to reformulate the question: Suppose arc_serial_remove is never
> called. Then I would like to know how the driver de-registration is
> organized since the UART port is never removed?

I would like to reiterate my original question, have you tested this?



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