Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6:
  Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
  Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/
  Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_[mc|smt]_power_savings
  Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/ topology files
  Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/ topology files
  Documentation: ABI: document /sys/devices/system/cpu/
  Documentation: ABI: rename sysfs-devices-cache_disable properly
  Driver core: allow certain drivers prohibit bind/unbind via sysfs
  Driver core: fix driver_register() return value

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 973bf2ad4e0d..63c143e54a57 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -689,15 +689,19 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: driver_add_attrs(%s) failed\n",
 			__func__, drv->name);
 	}
-	error = add_bind_files(drv);
-	if (error) {
-		/* Ditto */
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: add_bind_files(%s) failed\n",
-			__func__, drv->name);
+
+	if (!drv->suppress_bind_attrs) {
+		error = add_bind_files(drv);
+		if (error) {
+			/* Ditto */
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: add_bind_files(%s) failed\n",
+				__func__, drv->name);
+		}
 	}
 
 	kobject_uevent(&priv->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	return 0;
+
 out_unregister:
 	kfree(drv->p);
 	drv->p = NULL;
@@ -720,7 +724,8 @@ void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 	if (!drv->bus)
 		return;
 
-	remove_bind_files(drv);
+	if (!drv->suppress_bind_attrs)
+		remove_bind_files(drv);
 	driver_remove_attrs(drv->bus, drv);
 	driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_uevent);
 	klist_remove(&drv->p->knode_bus);
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index ed2ebd3c287d..f367885a7646 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
 		put_driver(other);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Error: Driver '%s' is already registered, "
 			"aborting...\n", drv->name);
-		return -EEXIST;
+		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	ret = bus_add_driver(drv);
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index ed156a13aa40..4fa954b07ac4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -521,11 +521,15 @@ int __init_or_module platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv,
 {
 	int retval, code;
 
+	/* make sure driver won't have bind/unbind attributes */
+	drv->driver.suppress_bind_attrs = true;
+
 	/* temporary section violation during probe() */
 	drv->probe = probe;
 	retval = code = platform_driver_register(drv);
 
-	/* Fixup that section violation, being paranoid about code scanning
+	/*
+	 * Fixup that section violation, being paranoid about code scanning
 	 * the list of drivers in order to probe new devices.  Check to see
 	 * if the probe was successful, and make sure any forced probes of
 	 * new devices fail.