There is a clean-up bug in the core comedi module initialization
functions, `comedi_init()`. If the `comedi_num_legacy_minors` module
parameter is non-zero (and valid), it creates that many "legacy" devices
and registers them in SysFS. A failure causes the function to clean up
and return an error. Unfortunately, it fails to destroy the "comedi"
class that was created earlier. Fix it by adding a call to
`class_destroy(comedi_class)` at the appropriate place in the clean-up
sequence.
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.9+
---
A slightly different patch is needed for kernels <3.9.
---
drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index f191c2a75732..4ed485a99c68 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -2915,6 +2915,7 @@ static int __init comedi_init(void)
dev = comedi_alloc_board_minor(NULL);
if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
comedi_cleanup_board_minors();
+ class_destroy(comedi_class);
cdev_del(&comedi_cdev);
unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(COMEDI_MAJOR, 0),
COMEDI_NUM_MINORS);
--
2.11.0