From fde25a9b63b9a3dc91365c394a426ebe64cfc2da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Stern Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:34:24 -0500 Subject: Driver core: driver_find() drops reference before returning As part of the removal of get_driver()/put_driver(), this patch (as1510) changes driver_find(); it now drops the reference it acquires before returning. The patch also adjusts all the callers of driver_find() to remove the now unnecessary calls to put_driver(). In addition, the patch adds a warning to driver_find(): Callers must make sure the driver they are searching for does not get unloaded while they are using it. This has always been the case; driver_find() has never prevented a driver from being unregistered or unloaded. Hence the patch will not introduce any new bugs. The existing callers all seem to be okay in this respect, however I don't understand the video drivers well enough to be certain about them. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern CC: Dmitry Torokhov CC: Kyungmin Park CC: Andy Walls CC: Martin Schwidefsky Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv_app.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/s390') diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv_app.c b/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv_app.c index 4d2ea400042..32515a201bb 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv_app.c +++ b/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv_app.c @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int __init smsgiucv_app_init(void) rc = dev_set_name(smsg_app_dev, KMSG_COMPONENT); if (rc) { kfree(smsg_app_dev); - goto fail_put_driver; + goto fail; } smsg_app_dev->bus = &iucv_bus; smsg_app_dev->parent = iucv_root; @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int __init smsgiucv_app_init(void) rc = device_register(smsg_app_dev); if (rc) { put_device(smsg_app_dev); - goto fail_put_driver; + goto fail; } /* convert sender to uppercase characters */ @@ -191,12 +191,11 @@ static int __init smsgiucv_app_init(void) rc = smsg_register_callback(SMSG_PREFIX, smsg_app_callback); if (rc) { device_unregister(smsg_app_dev); - goto fail_put_driver; + goto fail; } rc = 0; -fail_put_driver: - put_driver(smsgiucv_drv); +fail: return rc; } module_init(smsgiucv_app_init); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2