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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/Kconfig | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/core.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig index 61a33f4ba608..df04227d00cf 100644 --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig @@ -171,20 +171,23 @@ config WANT_DEV_COREDUMP Drivers should "select" this option if they desire to use the device coredump mechanism. -config DISABLE_DEV_COREDUMP - bool "Disable device coredump" if EXPERT +config ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP + bool "Allow device coredump" if EXPERT + default y help - Disable the device coredump mechanism despite drivers wanting to - use it; this allows for more sensitive systems or systems that - don't want to ever access the information to not have the code, - nor keep any data. + This option controls if the device coredump mechanism is available or + not; if disabled, the mechanism will be omitted even if drivers that + can use it are enabled. + Say 'N' for more sensitive systems or systems that don't want + to ever access the information to not have the code, nor keep any + data. - If unsure, say N. + If unsure, say Y. config DEV_COREDUMP bool default y if WANT_DEV_COREDUMP - depends on !DISABLE_DEV_COREDUMP + depends on ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP config DEBUG_DRIVER bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages" diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 14d162952c3b..842d04707de6 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -724,12 +724,12 @@ class_dir_create_and_add(struct class *class, struct kobject *parent_kobj) return &dir->kobj; } +static DEFINE_MUTEX(gdp_mutex); static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev, struct device *parent) { if (dev->class) { - static DEFINE_MUTEX(gdp_mutex); struct kobject *kobj = NULL; struct kobject *parent_kobj; struct kobject *k; @@ -793,7 +793,9 @@ static void cleanup_glue_dir(struct device *dev, struct kobject *glue_dir) glue_dir->kset != &dev->class->p->glue_dirs) return; + mutex_lock(&gdp_mutex); kobject_put(glue_dir); + mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex); } static void cleanup_device_parent(struct device *dev) |