This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Avoid orphaned proc entry
to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
staging-comedi-comedi_fops-avoid-orphaned-proc-entry.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From bf279ece37d2a3eaaa9813fcd7a1d8a81eb29c20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cheah Kok Cheong <thrust73@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:25:52 +0800
Subject: Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Avoid orphaned proc entry
From: Cheah Kok Cheong <thrust73@xxxxxxxxx>
commit bf279ece37d2a3eaaa9813fcd7a1d8a81eb29c20 upstream.
Move comedi_proc_init to the end to avoid orphaned proc entry
if module loading failed.
Signed-off-by: Cheah Kok Cheong <thrust73@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -2898,9 +2898,6 @@ static int __init comedi_init(void)
comedi_class->dev_groups = comedi_dev_groups;
- /* XXX requires /proc interface */
- comedi_proc_init();
-
/* create devices files for legacy/manual use */
for (i = 0; i < comedi_num_legacy_minors; i++) {
struct comedi_device *dev;
@@ -2918,6 +2915,9 @@ static int __init comedi_init(void)
mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
}
+ /* XXX requires /proc interface */
+ comedi_proc_init();
+
return 0;
}
module_init(comedi_init);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from thrust73@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/staging-comedi-comedi_fops-avoid-orphaned-proc-entry.patch