Re: [PATCH 1/9] uml: avoid sysfs warning on hot-unplug

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> From: Jeff Dike <[email protected]>, Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <[email protected]>
> 
> Define a release method for the ubd and network driver so that sysfs doesn't
> complain when one is removed via:

What?  No.  The kernel is complaining for a reason, don't try to
out-smart it.

> 
> host $ uml_mconsole <umid> remove <dev>
> 
> Done by Jeff around January for ubd only, later lost, then restored in his tree
> - however I'm merging it now since there's no reason to leave this here.
> 
> We don't need to do any cleanup in the new added method, because when hot-unplug
> is done by uml_mconsole we already handle cleanup in mconsole infrastructure,
> i.e.  mc_device->remove (net_remove/ubd_remove), which is also the calling
> method.

Huh?  You have 2 different release functions for the same object?  And
how do you know which one is correct?  That does not sound right at all.

Please fix this correctly.

thanks,

greg k-h
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