+ bonding-fix-sysfs-attribute-handling.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     bonding: fix sysfs attribute handling
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     bonding-fix-sysfs-attribute-handling.patch

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Subject: bonding: fix sysfs attribute handling
From: Libor Pechacek <lpechacek@xxxxxxx>

For bonding interfaces any attempt to read the sysfs directory contents after
module removal results in an oops.  The fix is to release sysfs attributes for
the interfaces upon module unload.

Signed-off-by: Libor Pechacek <lpechacek@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c~bonding-fix-sysfs-attribute-handling drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c~bonding-fix-sysfs-attribute-handling
+++ a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4528,8 +4528,7 @@ static void bond_free_all(void)
 		netif_tx_unlock_bh(bond_dev);
 		/* Release the bonded slaves */
 		bond_release_all(bond_dev);
-		bond_deinit(bond_dev);
-		unregister_netdevice(bond_dev);
+		bond_destroy(bond);
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from lpechacek@xxxxxxx are

bonding-fix-sysfs-attribute-handling.patch

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