[PATCH 4.9 022/105] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Avoid orphaned proc entry

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Aug 04 2017 - 20:14:35 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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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);