Re: Subject: [PATCH] kobject: fix the race between kobject_del and get_device_parent

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 10:01:39AM +0800, Yijing Wang wrote:
> > So, yeah, this looks like a correct approach; however, do we even need
> > to clear the glue directories? 
> 
> Yes. In our platform, the glue directories
> /sys/devices/virtual/block will be removed once the last child
> device call device_del().

What I mean is why are we even trying to remove the parent directory?
Can't we just keep them around once created?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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