Re: [patch] 2.4.2-pre3: parport_pc init_module bug

Tim Waugh (twaugh@redhat.com)
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 10:53:32 +0000


On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 02:03:07AM -0600, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> If pci_register_driver returns < 0, the driver is not registered with
> the system.

Thanks. Okay, second try:

2001-01-14 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>

* parport_pc.c: Fix PCI driver list corruption on
unsuccessful module load (Andrew Morton).

--- linux/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c.init Wed Feb 14 10:49:28 2001
+++ linux/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c Wed Feb 14 10:50:31 2001
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
} superios[NR_SUPERIOS] __devinitdata = { {0,},};

static int user_specified __devinitdata = 0;
+static int registered_parport;

/* frob_control, but for ECR */
static void frob_econtrol (struct parport *pb, unsigned char m,
@@ -2605,8 +2606,10 @@
count += parport_pc_find_nonpci_ports (autoirq, autodma);

r = pci_register_driver (&parport_pc_pci_driver);
- if (r > 0)
+ if (r >= 0) {
+ registered_parport = 1;
count += r;
+ }

return count;
}
@@ -2667,6 +2670,7 @@
/* Work out how many ports we have, then get parport_share to parse
the irq values. */
unsigned int i;
+ int ret;
for (i = 0; i < PARPORT_PC_MAX_PORTS && io[i]; i++);
if (i) {
if (parport_parse_irqs(i, irq, irqval)) return 1;
@@ -2691,7 +2695,11 @@
}
}

- return !parport_pc_init (io, io_hi, irqval, dmaval);
+ ret = !parport_pc_init (io, io_hi, irqval, dmaval);
+ if (ret && registered_parport)
+ pci_unregister_driver (&parport_pc_pci_driver);
+
+ return ret;
}

void cleanup_module(void)
*** linux/drivers/parport/ChangeLog.init Fri Jan 5 10:41:52 2001
--- linux/drivers/parport/ChangeLog Wed Feb 14 10:50:00 2001
***************
*** 0 ****
--- 1,7 ----
+ 2001-02-14 Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
+
+ * parport_pc.c (registered_parport): New static variable.
+ (parport_pc_find_ports): Set it when we register PCI driver.
+ (init_module): Unregister PCI driver if necessary when we
+ fail.
+

Tim.
*/
-
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