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authorStefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2016-02-29 16:53:01 +0300
committerJarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>2016-06-25 17:26:35 +0300
commit2072df40ec19d9703adfcdbd15f30c879bb65b2a (patch)
tree0c2891821b65b34151f0a299d739b793d1f4d91a /drivers/char
parent4e26195f240d73150e8308ae42874702e3df8d2c (diff)
downloadlinux-2072df40ec19d9703adfcdbd15f30c879bb65b2a.tar.xz
tpm: Get rid of module locking
Now that the tpm core has strong locking around 'ops' it is possible to remove a TPM driver, module and all, even while user space still has things like /dev/tpmX open. For consistency and simplicity, drop the module locking entirely. Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c6
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
index 5793ea1b454c..66367286deea 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ int tpm_try_get_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip)
if (!chip->ops)
goto out_lock;
- if (!try_module_get(chip->dev.parent->driver->owner))
- goto out_lock;
-
return 0;
out_lock:
up_read(&chip->ops_sem);
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_try_get_ops);
*/
void tpm_put_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip)
{
- module_put(chip->dev.parent->driver->owner);
up_read(&chip->ops_sem);
put_device(&chip->dev);
}
@@ -183,7 +179,7 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpmm_chip_alloc(struct device *dev,
goto out;
cdev_init(&chip->cdev, &tpm_fops);
- chip->cdev.owner = dev->driver->owner;
+ chip->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
chip->cdev.kobj.parent = &chip->dev.kobj;
rc = devm_add_action(dev, (void (*)(void *)) put_device, &chip->dev);