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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/driver.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/driver.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c index b631f7c59453..e979cad75c6e 100644 --- a/drivers/base/driver.c +++ b/drivers/base/driver.c @@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv) 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 -EBUSY; @@ -275,7 +274,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_unregister); * Call kset_find_obj() to iterate over list of drivers on * a bus to find driver by name. Return driver if found. * - * Note that kset_find_obj increments driver's reference count. + * This routine provides no locking to prevent the driver it returns + * from being unregistered or unloaded while the caller is using it. + * The caller is responsible for preventing this. */ struct device_driver *driver_find(const char *name, struct bus_type *bus) { @@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ struct device_driver *driver_find(const char *name, struct bus_type *bus) struct driver_private *priv; if (k) { + /* Drop reference added by kset_find_obj() */ + kobject_put(k); priv = to_driver(k); return priv->driver; } |