be unloaded. The existing mechanism (gpiochip_remove failure) doesn't address that, since rmmod can no longer be made to fail by having the cleanup code report errors. Module usecounts are the solution. Assuming standard "initialize struct to zero" policies, this change won't affect SOC platform drivers. However, drivers for external chips (on I2C and SPI busses) should be updated if they can be built as modules. Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski [ gpio_ensure_requested() needs to update module usecounts too ] Signed-off-by: David Brownell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds 7!x