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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/driver.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c index 9a6537f1440..2ef5acf4368 100644 --- a/drivers/base/driver.c +++ b/drivers/base/driver.c @@ -217,12 +217,22 @@ static void driver_remove_groups(struct device_driver *drv, int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv) { int ret; + struct device_driver *other; if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) || (drv->bus->remove && drv->remove) || (drv->bus->shutdown && drv->shutdown)) printk(KERN_WARNING "Driver '%s' needs updating - please use " "bus_type methods\n", drv->name); + + other = driver_find(drv->name, drv->bus); + if (other) { + put_driver(other); + printk(KERN_ERR "Error: Driver '%s' is already registered, " + "aborting...\n", drv->name); + return -EEXIST; + } + ret = bus_add_driver(drv); if (ret) return ret; |