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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/core.c | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/device.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index fd7511e04e62..eaf3aa0cb803 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -2211,6 +2211,24 @@ void put_device(struct device *dev) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_device); +bool kill_device(struct device *dev) +{ + /* + * Require the device lock and set the "dead" flag to guarantee that + * the update behavior is consistent with the other bitfields near + * it and that we cannot have an asynchronous probe routine trying + * to run while we are tearing out the bus/class/sysfs from + * underneath the device. + */ + lockdep_assert_held(&dev->mutex); + + if (dev->p->dead) + return false; + dev->p->dead = true; + return true; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kill_device); + /** * device_del - delete device from system. * @dev: device. @@ -2230,15 +2248,8 @@ void device_del(struct device *dev) struct kobject *glue_dir = NULL; struct class_interface *class_intf; - /* - * Hold the device lock and set the "dead" flag to guarantee that - * the update behavior is consistent with the other bitfields near - * it and that we cannot have an asynchronous probe routine trying - * to run while we are tearing out the bus/class/sysfs from - * underneath the device. - */ device_lock(dev); - dev->p->dead = true; + kill_device(dev); device_unlock(dev); /* Notify clients of device removal. This call must come diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h index e85264fb6616..0da5c67f6be1 100644 --- a/include/linux/device.h +++ b/include/linux/device.h @@ -1373,6 +1373,7 @@ extern int (*platform_notify_remove)(struct device *dev); */ extern struct device *get_device(struct device *dev); extern void put_device(struct device *dev); +extern bool kill_device(struct device *dev); #ifdef CONFIG_DEVTMPFS extern int devtmpfs_create_node(struct device *dev); |