[PATCH v3] extcon: Fixed sysfs duplicate filename issue

From: Michael Wu

Date: Thu Oct 23 2025 - 22:50:02 EST


With current extcon_dev_unregister() timing, ida_free is before
device_unregister(), that may cause current id re-alloc to another
device in extcon_dev_register() context but sysfs filename path not
removal completed yet.

The right timing shows below:
on extcon_dev_register: ida_alloc() -> device_register()
on extcon_dev_unregister: device_unregister() -> ida_free()

stack information when an error occurs:
sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/class/extcon/extcon1'
Call trace:
sysfs_warn_dup+0x68/0x88
sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x94/0xdc
sysfs_create_link+0x30/0x48
device_add_class_symlinks+0xb4/0x12c
device_add+0x1e0/0x48c
device_register+0x20/0x34
extcon_dev_register+0x3b8/0x5c4

Fixes: 7bba9e81a6fb ("extcon: Use unique number for the extcon device ID")
Acked-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Wu <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ChangeLog:
V2 -> V3: Dropped some noisy lines in commit messages, suggested by Andy Shevchenko
V1 -> V2: Update commit msg, suggested by Markus Elfring
V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251011053719.87055-1-michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
---
---
drivers/extcon/extcon.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
index e7f55c021e562..c08f642d7f5ee 100644
--- a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
+++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
@@ -1371,10 +1371,10 @@ void extcon_dev_unregister(struct extcon_dev *edev)
return;
}

- ida_free(&extcon_dev_ids, edev->id);
-
device_unregister(&edev->dev);

+ ida_free(&extcon_dev_ids, edev->id);
+
if (edev->mutually_exclusive && edev->max_supported) {
for (index = 0; edev->mutually_exclusive[index];
index++)
--
2.29.0