[+CC: Tejun Heo , for being very active in lib/idr.c] Hi, On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 11:16:14AM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote: > Destroy IDRs on module exit, freeing the resources for > * bq2415x_charger.c > * ds2782_battery.c > * ltc2941-battery-gauge.c You missed bq27x00_battery.c. Maybe a coccinelle script should be written? > The drivers had to be converted to "ordinary" module_init()/module_exit() > style drivers instead of using module_i2c_driver. mh I would prefer another solution. How about adding something like this: static void idr_remove_and_destroy(struct idr *idp, int id) { idr_remove(idp, id); if (idr_is_empty(idp) idr_destroy(idp); } If that is called by the drivers instead of idr_remove(), there should be no need for adding idr_destroy to module_exit(). -- Sebastian