2 files changed, 43 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
index 6b7e723e46be..b10b45cc7870 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ struct mem_ctl_info *edac_mc_alloc(unsigned sz_pvt, unsigned nr_csrows,
         }
 
         mci->op_state = OP_ALLOC;
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mci->grp_kobj_list);
 
         /*
          * Initialize the 'root' kobj for the edac_mc controller
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index aacffe5d0f33..5a5734c1f6a5 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ static int edac_create_mci_instance_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
         debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
 
         while (sysfs_attrib) {
+                debugf1("%s() sysfs_attrib = %p\n",__func__, sysfs_attrib);
                 if (sysfs_attrib->grp) {
                         struct mcidev_sysfs_group_kobj *grp_kobj;
 
@@ -798,10 +799,9 @@ static int edac_create_mci_instance_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
                         if (!grp_kobj)
                                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-                        list_add_tail(&grp_kobj->list, &mci->grp_kobj_list);
-
                         grp_kobj->grp = sysfs_attrib->grp;
                         grp_kobj->mci = mci;
+                        list_add_tail(&grp_kobj->list, &mci->grp_kobj_list);
 
                         debugf0("%s() grp %s, mci %p\n", __func__,
                                 sysfs_attrib->grp->name, mci);
@@ -810,26 +810,28 @@ static int edac_create_mci_instance_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
                                                 &ktype_inst_grp,
                                                 &mci->edac_mci_kobj,
                                                 sysfs_attrib->grp->name);
-                        if (err)
+                        if (err < 0) {
+                                printk(KERN_ERR "kobject_init_and_add failed: %d\n", err);
                                 return err;
-
+                        }
                         err = edac_create_mci_instance_attributes(mci,
                                         grp_kobj->grp->mcidev_attr,
                                         &grp_kobj->kobj);
 
-                        if (err)
+                        if (err < 0)
                                 return err;
                 } else if (sysfs_attrib->attr.name) {
                         debugf0("%s() file %s\n", __func__,
                                 sysfs_attrib->attr.name);
 
                         err = sysfs_create_file(kobj, &sysfs_attrib->attr);
+                        if (err < 0) {
+                                printk(KERN_ERR "sysfs_create_file failed: %d\n", err);
+                                return err;
+                        }
                 } else
                         break;
 
-                if (err) {
-                        return err;
-                }
                 sysfs_attrib++;
         }
 
@@ -854,13 +856,24 @@ static void edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
          * Remove first all the atributes
          */
         while (sysfs_attrib) {
+                debugf1("%s() sysfs_attrib = %p\n",__func__, sysfs_attrib);
                 if (sysfs_attrib->grp) {
-                        list_for_each_entry(grp_kobj, &mci->grp_kobj_list,
-                                            list)
-                                if (grp_kobj->grp == sysfs_attrib->grp)
+                        debugf1("%s() seeking for group %s\n",
+                                __func__, sysfs_attrib->grp->name);
+                        list_for_each_entry(grp_kobj,
+                                            &mci->grp_kobj_list, list) {
+                                debugf1("%s() grp_kobj->grp = %p\n",__func__, grp_kobj->grp);
+                                if (grp_kobj->grp == sysfs_attrib->grp) {
                                         edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(mci,
                                                     grp_kobj->grp->mcidev_attr,
                                                     &grp_kobj->kobj, count + 1);
+                                        debugf0("%s() group %s\n", __func__,
+                                                sysfs_attrib->grp->name);
+                                        kobject_put(&grp_kobj->kobj);
+                                }
+                        }
+                        debugf1("%s() end of seeking for group %s\n",
+                                __func__, sysfs_attrib->grp->name);
                 } else if (sysfs_attrib->attr.name) {
                         debugf0("%s() file %s\n", __func__,
                                 sysfs_attrib->attr.name);
@@ -870,15 +883,14 @@ static void edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
                 sysfs_attrib++;
         }
 
-        /*
-         * Now that all attributes got removed, it is save to remove all groups
-         */
-        if (!count)
-                list_for_each_entry_safe(grp_kobj, tmp, &mci->grp_kobj_list,
-                                         list) {
-                        debugf0("%s() grp %s\n", __func__, grp_kobj->grp->name);
-                        kobject_put(&grp_kobj->kobj);
-                }
+        /* Remove the group objects */
+        if (count)
+                return;
+        list_for_each_entry_safe(grp_kobj, tmp,
+                                 &mci->grp_kobj_list, list) {
+                list_del(&grp_kobj->list);
+                kfree(grp_kobj);
+        }
 }
 
 
@@ -970,6 +982,7 @@ void edac_remove_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
         debugf0("%s()\n", __func__);
 
         /* remove all csrow kobjects */
+        debugf0("%s()  unregister this mci kobj\n", __func__);
         for (i = 0; i < mci->nr_csrows; i++) {
                 if (mci->csrows[i].nr_pages > 0) {
                         debugf0("%s()  unreg csrow-%d\n", __func__, i);
@@ -977,20 +990,20 @@ void edac_remove_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
                 }
         }
 
-        debugf0("%s()  remove_link\n", __func__);
+        /* remove this mci instance's attribtes */
+        if (mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes) {
+                debugf0("%s()  unregister mci private attributes\n", __func__);
+                edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(mci,
+                                                mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes,
+                                                &mci->edac_mci_kobj, 0);
+        }
 
         /* remove the symlink */
+        debugf0("%s()  remove_link\n", __func__);
         sysfs_remove_link(&mci->edac_mci_kobj, EDAC_DEVICE_SYMLINK);
 
-        debugf0("%s()  remove_mci_instance\n", __func__);
-
-        /* remove this mci instance's attribtes */
-        edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(mci,
-                                            mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes,
-                                            &mci->edac_mci_kobj, 0);
-        debugf0("%s()  unregister this mci kobj\n", __func__);
-
         /* unregister this instance's kobject */
+        debugf0("%s()  remove_mci_instance\n", __func__);
         kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
 }