diff -Nru a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
--- a/drivers/base/core.c Tue Oct 8 17:55:22 2002
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c Tue Oct 8 17:55:22 2002
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->intf_list);
spin_lock_init(&dev->lock);
atomic_set(&dev->refcount,2);
-
+ dev->present = 1;
spin_lock(&device_lock);
if (dev->parent) {
get_device_locked(dev->parent);
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
struct device * get_device_locked(struct device * dev)
{
struct device * ret = dev;
- if (dev && atomic_read(&dev->refcount) > 0)
+ if (dev && dev->present && atomic_read(&dev->refcount) > 0)
atomic_inc(&dev->refcount);
else
ret = NULL;
@@ -241,8 +241,35 @@
*/
void put_device(struct device * dev)
{
+ struct device * parent;
if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&dev->refcount,&device_lock))
return;
+ parent = dev->parent;
+ dev->parent = NULL;
+ spin_unlock(&device_lock);
+
+ BUG_ON(dev->present);
+
+ if (dev->release)
+ dev->release(dev);
+
+ if (parent)
+ put_device(parent);
+}
+
+/**
+ * device_unregister - unlink device
+ * @dev: device going away
+ *
+ * The device has been removed from the system, so we disavow knowledge
+ * of it. It might not be the final reference to the device, so we mark
+ * it as !present, so no more references to it can be acquired.
+ * In the end, we decrement the final reference count for it.
+ */
+void device_unregister(struct device * dev)
+{
+ spin_lock(&device_lock);
+ dev->present = 0;
list_del_init(&dev->node);
list_del_init(&dev->g_list);
list_del_init(&dev->bus_list);
@@ -267,11 +294,7 @@
/* remove the driverfs directory */
device_remove_dir(dev);
- if (dev->release)
- dev->release(dev);
-
- if (dev->parent)
- put_device(dev->parent);
+ put_device(dev);
}
static int __init device_init(void)
@@ -287,5 +310,6 @@
core_initcall(device_init);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(device_register);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(device_unregister);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_device);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_device);
diff -Nru a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
--- a/include/linux/device.h Tue Oct 8 17:55:22 2002
+++ b/include/linux/device.h Tue Oct 8 17:55:22 2002
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@
void *platform_data; /* Platform specific data (e.g. ACPI,
BIOS data relevant to device) */
+ u32 present;
u32 current_state; /* Current operating state. In
ACPI-speak, this is D0-D3, D0
being fully functional, and D3
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@
* High level routines for use by the bus drivers
*/
extern int device_register(struct device * dev);
-
+extern void device_unregister(struct device * dev);
/* driverfs interface for exporting device attributes */
-
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