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Subject: Re: [PATCH] release_pcibus_dev() crash
From: John Rose <johnrose@austin.ibm.com>
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> Just to be a brat, I'll point out that I couldn't find a single user of
> CLASS_DEVICE_ATTR that explicitly cleans things up like we're doing here.  That
> would include firmware and net-sysfs stuff.  Maybe enforcing such a policy upon
> device removal would increase participation :)  But okay, here's another try:

Well, okay, I found three drivers that do.  But most don't! :)  </rant> 

John

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