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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/driver.c35
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index b631f7c5945..60e4f77ca66 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -153,34 +153,6 @@ int driver_add_kobj(struct device_driver *drv, struct kobject *kobj,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_add_kobj);
-/**
- * get_driver - increment driver reference count.
- * @drv: driver.
- */
-struct device_driver *get_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
-{
- if (drv) {
- struct driver_private *priv;
- struct kobject *kobj;
-
- kobj = kobject_get(&drv->p->kobj);
- priv = to_driver(kobj);
- return priv->driver;
- }
- return NULL;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_driver);
-
-/**
- * put_driver - decrement driver's refcount.
- * @drv: driver.
- */
-void put_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
-{
- kobject_put(&drv->p->kobj);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_driver);
-
static int driver_add_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
const struct attribute_group **groups)
{
@@ -234,7 +206,6 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
other = driver_find(drv->name, drv->bus);
if (other) {
- put_driver(other);
printk(KERN_ERR "Error: Driver '%s' is already registered, "
"aborting...\n", drv->name);
return -EBUSY;
@@ -275,7 +246,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_unregister);
* Call kset_find_obj() to iterate over list of drivers on
* a bus to find driver by name. Return driver if found.
*
- * Note that kset_find_obj increments driver's reference count.
+ * This routine provides no locking to prevent the driver it returns
+ * from being unregistered or unloaded while the caller is using it.
+ * The caller is responsible for preventing this.
*/
struct device_driver *driver_find(const char *name, struct bus_type *bus)
{
@@ -283,6 +256,8 @@ struct device_driver *driver_find(const char *name, struct bus_type *bus)
struct driver_private *priv;
if (k) {
+ /* Drop reference added by kset_find_obj() */
+ kobject_put(k);
priv = to_driver(k);
return priv->driver;
}