When deleting a device (using device_delete_child()), all its child devices are recursively deleted and then device_detach() is called. In the case of iicsmb, this causes a panic because iicsmb_detach() also calls device_delete_child() on the smbus child it has cached in its softc. By this time that child has been destroyed. Looking at device_detach(), it appears that the solution is to create a bus_child_detached method to inform the parent that a child is being destroyed so it can invalidate cached pointers to that child. In practice, there are only 5 bus_child_detached methods (isa, ed, pccard, cbb and usb), though there are far more device types attached as children. Looking at the iicsmb code, it appears that iicbb and iicsmb both cache and explicitly delete child devices and therefore both need bus_child_detached methods. Is this correct? Is there a simpler alternative? -- Peter JeremyReceived on Sat Jan 21 2006 - 06:07:10 UTC
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