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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c index d672b4db5b7..d90ec6de818 100644 --- a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c +++ b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/delay.h> #include <linux/kthread.h> +#include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/moduleparam.h> #include <linux/freezer.h> #include <asm/atomic.h> @@ -260,9 +261,20 @@ static struct device nodemgr_dev_template_ne = { .release = nodemgr_release_ne, }; +/* This dummy driver prevents the host devices from being scanned. We have no + * useful drivers for them yet, and there would be a deadlock possible if the + * driver core scans the host device while the host's low-level driver (i.e. + * the host's parent device) is being removed. */ +static struct device_driver nodemgr_mid_layer_driver = { + .bus = &ieee1394_bus_type, + .name = "nodemgr", + .owner = THIS_MODULE, +}; + struct device nodemgr_dev_template_host = { .bus = &ieee1394_bus_type, .release = nodemgr_release_host, + .driver = &nodemgr_mid_layer_driver, }; @@ -705,11 +717,14 @@ static int nodemgr_bus_match(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv) return 0; ud = container_of(dev, struct unit_directory, device); - driver = container_of(drv, struct hpsb_protocol_driver, driver); - if (ud->ne->in_limbo || ud->ignore_driver) return 0; + /* We only match drivers of type hpsb_protocol_driver */ + if (drv == &nodemgr_mid_layer_driver) + return 0; + + driver = container_of(drv, struct hpsb_protocol_driver, driver); for (id = driver->id_table; id->match_flags != 0; id++) { if ((id->match_flags & IEEE1394_MATCH_VENDOR_ID) && id->vendor_id != ud->vendor_id) @@ -1900,7 +1915,7 @@ int init_ieee1394_nodemgr(void) class_unregister(&nodemgr_ne_class); return error; } - + error = driver_register(&nodemgr_mid_layer_driver); hpsb_register_highlevel(&nodemgr_highlevel); return 0; } |