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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-10-31 12:15:28 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-10-31 12:15:28 -0700
commita9fd74cb5843d8b2e44fb42f792766649ad24bfc (patch)
tree6a00601b476e6e8e4c3fbfef2635bc93a0f10ee7 /drivers
parent7d531a7e519406c4bb2501a66e3da5ba39280739 (diff)
parent657348a056eea4a27be20cf8e22c98a252597447 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/ Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_[mc|smt]_power_savings Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/ topology files Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/ topology files Documentation: ABI: document /sys/devices/system/cpu/ Documentation: ABI: rename sysfs-devices-cache_disable properly Driver core: allow certain drivers prohibit bind/unbind via sysfs Driver core: fix driver_register() return value
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/bus.c17
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/driver.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/platform.c6
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 973bf2ad4e0..63c143e54a5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -689,15 +689,19 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
printk(KERN_ERR "%s: driver_add_attrs(%s) failed\n",
__func__, drv->name);
}
- error = add_bind_files(drv);
- if (error) {
- /* Ditto */
- printk(KERN_ERR "%s: add_bind_files(%s) failed\n",
- __func__, drv->name);
+
+ if (!drv->suppress_bind_attrs) {
+ error = add_bind_files(drv);
+ if (error) {
+ /* Ditto */
+ printk(KERN_ERR "%s: add_bind_files(%s) failed\n",
+ __func__, drv->name);
+ }
}
kobject_uevent(&priv->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
return 0;
+
out_unregister:
kfree(drv->p);
drv->p = NULL;
@@ -720,7 +724,8 @@ void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
if (!drv->bus)
return;
- remove_bind_files(drv);
+ if (!drv->suppress_bind_attrs)
+ remove_bind_files(drv);
driver_remove_attrs(drv->bus, drv);
driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_uevent);
klist_remove(&drv->p->knode_bus);
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index ed2ebd3c287..f367885a764 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
put_driver(other);
printk(KERN_ERR "Error: Driver '%s' is already registered, "
"aborting...\n", drv->name);
- return -EEXIST;
+ return -EBUSY;
}
ret = bus_add_driver(drv);
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index ed156a13aa4..4fa954b07ac 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -521,11 +521,15 @@ int __init_or_module platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv,
{
int retval, code;
+ /* make sure driver won't have bind/unbind attributes */
+ drv->driver.suppress_bind_attrs = true;
+
/* temporary section violation during probe() */
drv->probe = probe;
retval = code = platform_driver_register(drv);
- /* Fixup that section violation, being paranoid about code scanning
+ /*
+ * Fixup that section violation, being paranoid about code scanning
* the list of drivers in order to probe new devices. Check to see
* if the probe was successful, and make sure any forced probes of
* new devices fail.