Re: [PATCH] driver core: move uevent call to driver_register

[Ming Lei]

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Sebastian Ott <sebott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> --- a/drivers/base/driver.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
> @@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver
>         ret = driver_add_groups(drv, drv->groups);
>         if (ret)
>                 bus_remove_driver(drv);
> +
> +       kobject_uevent(&drv->p->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);

You should just send the uevent if 'ret' equals to zero., otherwise
OOPS may be triggered by kobject_uevent() after the 'drv' has been
removed.


Thanks,
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Ming Lei
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