[PATCH v2 1/2] gpiolib: call gcdev_unregister() sooner in the removal operations

[Herve Codina]

When gpio chip device is removed while some related gpio are used by the
user-space, the following warning can appear:
  remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/233', leaking at least 'gpiomon'
  WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 72 at fs/proc/generic.c:717 remove_proc_entry+0x190/0x19c
  ...
  Call trace:
    remove_proc_entry+0x190/0x19c
    unregister_irq_proc+0xd0/0x104
    free_desc+0x4c/0xc4
    irq_free_descs+0x6c/0x90
    irq_dispose_mapping+0x104/0x14c
    gpiochip_irqchip_remove+0xcc/0x1a4
    gpiochip_remove+0x48/0x100
  ...

Indeed, the gpio cdev uses an IRQ but this IRQ is not released
(irq_free() call) before the call to gpiochip_irqchip_remove().

In order to give a chance to the gpio dev driver to release this
irq before removing the IRQ mapping, notify the cdev driver about
the gpio device removal before the gpiochip_irqchip_remove() call.

Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 63e793a410e3..4ad3e260dec2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1118,6 +1118,11 @@ void gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc)
 	/* Numb the device, cancelling all outstanding operations */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(gdev->chip, NULL);
 	synchronize_srcu(&gdev->srcu);
+	/*
+	 * Tell gcdev that the device is removing. If any gpio resources are in
+	 * use (irqs for instance), it's time for gcdev to release them.
+	 */
+	gcdev_unregister(gdev);
 	gpiochip_irqchip_remove(gc);
 	acpi_gpiochip_remove(gc);
 	of_gpiochip_remove(gc);
@@ -1135,7 +1140,6 @@ void gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc)
 	 * be removed, else it will be dangling until the last user is
 	 * gone.
 	 */
-	gcdev_unregister(gdev);
 	gpio_device_put(gdev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_remove);
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