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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/bus.c | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/driver.c | 20 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c index 20b6dc8706f..1a5a350eca1 100644 --- a/drivers/base/bus.c +++ b/drivers/base/bus.c @@ -63,8 +63,19 @@ static struct sysfs_ops driver_sysfs_ops = { static void driver_release(struct kobject * kobj) { - struct device_driver * drv = to_driver(kobj); - complete(&drv->unloaded); + /* + * Yes this is an empty release function, it is this way because struct + * device is always a static object, not a dynamic one. Yes, this is + * not nice and bad, but remember, drivers are code, reference counted + * by the module count, not a device, which is really data. And yes, + * in the future I do want to have all drivers be created dynamically, + * and am working toward that goal, but it will take a bit longer... + * + * But do not let this example give _anyone_ the idea that they can + * create a release function without any code in it at all, to do that + * is almost always wrong. If you have any questions about this, + * please send an email to <greg@kroah.com> + */ } static struct kobj_type ktype_driver = { diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c index 082bfded385..eb11475293e 100644 --- a/drivers/base/driver.c +++ b/drivers/base/driver.c @@ -149,10 +149,6 @@ void put_driver(struct device_driver * drv) * We pass off most of the work to the bus_add_driver() call, * since most of the things we have to do deal with the bus * structures. - * - * The one interesting aspect is that we setup @drv->unloaded - * as a completion that gets complete when the driver reference - * count reaches 0. */ int driver_register(struct device_driver * drv) { @@ -162,35 +158,19 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver * drv) printk(KERN_WARNING "Driver '%s' needs updating - please use bus_type methods\n", drv->name); } klist_init(&drv->klist_devices, NULL, NULL); - init_completion(&drv->unloaded); return bus_add_driver(drv); } - /** * driver_unregister - remove driver from system. * @drv: driver. * * Again, we pass off most of the work to the bus-level call. - * - * Though, once that is done, we wait until @drv->unloaded is completed. - * This will block until the driver refcount reaches 0, and it is - * released. Only modular drivers will call this function, and we - * have to guarantee that it won't complete, letting the driver - * unload until all references are gone. */ void driver_unregister(struct device_driver * drv) { bus_remove_driver(drv); - /* - * If the driver is a module, we are probably in - * the module unload path, and we want to wait - * for everything to unload before we can actually - * finish the unload. - */ - if (drv->owner) - wait_for_completion(&drv->unloaded); } /** |