Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: sysfs: fix gpio device-attribute leak

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On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 05:02:07PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> commit 0915e6feb38de8d3601819992a5bd050201a56fa upstream.
> 
> The gpio device attributes were never destroyed when the gpio was
> unexported (or on export failures).
> 
> Use device_create_with_groups() to create the default device attributes
> of the gpio class device. Note that this also fixes the
> attribute-creation race with userspace for these attributes.
> 
> Remove contingent attributes in export error path and on unexport.
> 
> Fixes: d8f388d8dc8d ("gpio: sysfs interface")
> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v2.6.27+
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Backport to v3.12 (and 3.14).
> 
> Changes since v1
>  - fix mistake in backport, which removed the attributes while holding
>    the mutex in gpiod_unexport (reported by Luis Henriques)

Thanks, now applied.

greg k-h
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