Re: [PATCH] Revert "platform/x86: wmi: Destroy on cleanup rather than unregister"

[BjÃrn Mork]

BjÃrn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Maybe we should add a WARN_ON(!MAJOR(devt)) or similar to
> device_destroy() to prevent similar future problems?

No, that's definitely not a good idea.  We have examples like
drivers/tty/vt/vt.c which (ab)use the devt with zero major and a
unique minor to keep track of devices.  So forget about any warning.

But the device_destroy's with a static MKDEV(0,0) should be removed.



BjÃrn