[ Upstream commit fd748e177194ebcbbaf98df75152a30e08230cc6 ] The of_device_unregister call in therm_windtunnel's module_exit procedure does not fully reverse the effects of of_platform_device_create in the module_init prodedure. Once you unload this module, it is impossible to load it ever again since only the first of_platform_device_create call on the fan node succeeds. This driver predates first git commit, and it turns out back then of_platform_device_create worked differently than it does today. So this is actually an old regression. The appropriate function to undo of_platform_device_create now appears to be of_platform_device_destroy, and switching to use this makes it possible to unload and load the module as expected. Signed-off-by: Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> Fixes: c6e126de43e7 ("of: Keep track of populated platform devices") Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://msgid.link/20240711035428.16696-1-nbowler@draconx.ca Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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