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-rw-r--r--drivers/video/fbmem.c26
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index 8d6dbe8b8dd..7f3a0cca0fd 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -1334,17 +1334,34 @@ register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
*
* Returns negative errno on error, or zero for success.
*
+ * This function will also notify the framebuffer console
+ * to release the driver.
+ *
+ * This is meant to be called within a driver's module_exit()
+ * function. If this is called outside module_exit(), ensure
+ * that the driver implements fb_open() and fb_release() to
+ * check that no processes are using the device.
*/
int
unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
{
struct fb_event event;
- int i;
+ int i, ret = 0;
i = fb_info->node;
- if (!registered_fb[i])
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (!registered_fb[i]) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ event.info = fb_info;
+ ret = fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_UNBIND, &event);
+
+ if (ret) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto done;
+ }
if (fb_info->pixmap.addr &&
(fb_info->pixmap.flags & FB_PIXMAP_DEFAULT))
@@ -1356,7 +1373,8 @@ unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
device_destroy(fb_class, MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, i));
event.info = fb_info;
fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_UNREGISTERED, &event);
- return 0;
+done:
+ return ret;
}
/**