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Alan Stern fde25a9b63 Driver core: driver_find() drops reference before returning 
As part of the removal of get_driver()/put_driver(), this patch
(as1510) changes driver_find(); it now drops the reference it acquires
before returning.  The patch also adjusts all the callers of
driver_find() to remove the now unnecessary calls to put_driver().

In addition, the patch adds a warning to driver_find(): Callers must
make sure the driver they are searching for does not get unloaded
while they are using it.  This has always been the case; driver_find()
has never prevented a driver from being unregistered or unloaded.
Hence the patch will not introduce any new bugs.  The existing callers
all seem to be okay in this respect, however I don't understand the
video drivers well enough to be certain about them.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
CC: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
CC: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
CC: Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net>
CC: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2012-01-24 16:00:34 -08:00
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accessibility module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
acpi Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux 2012-01-18 15:51:48 -08:00
amba Merge branch 'pm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm 2012-01-08 13:10:57 -08:00
ata [libata] ata_piix: Add Toshiba Satellite Pro A120 to the quirks list 2012-01-17 20:50:53 -05:00
atm module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
auxdisplay
base Driver core: driver_find() drops reference before returning 2012-01-24 16:00:34 -08:00
bcma bcma: connect the bcma bus suspend/resume to the bcma driver suspend/resume 2012-01-17 09:54:08 -05:00
block nvme: fix merge error due to change of 'make_request_fn' fn type 2012-01-18 15:41:27 -08:00
bluetooth module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
cdrom block: add and use scsi_blk_cmd_ioctl 2012-01-14 15:07:24 -08:00
char tpm: fix (ACPI S3) suspend regression 2012-01-18 15:50:17 -08:00
clk
clocksource Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/kernel/git-cur/linux-2.6-arm 2012-01-06 18:15:25 -08:00
connector
cpufreq Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq 2012-01-11 18:53:33 -08:00
cpuidle
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2012-01-10 22:01:27 -08:00
dca
devfreq
dio
dma Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2012-01-17 18:40:24 -08:00
edac module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
eisa
firewire module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
firmware Merge commit '070680218379e15c1901f4bf21b98e3cbf12b527' into stable/for-linus-fixes-3.3 2012-01-12 11:53:55 -05:00
gpio gpio: tps65910: Use correct offset for gpio initialization 2012-01-18 13:48:43 -07:00
gpu nouveau: Support Optimus models for vga_switcheroo 2012-01-13 09:09:15 +00:00
hid module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
hv drivers: hv: Get rid of some unnecessary code 2012-01-24 12:56:01 -08:00
hwmon hwmon: (adm1031) Fix coding style issues 2012-01-16 22:51:48 +01:00
hwspinlock
i2c Merge branches 'for-33/i2c/eg20t' and 'for-33/i2c/omap' into for-linus/i2c-33 2012-01-17 23:30:41 +00:00
ide block: add and use scsi_blk_cmd_ioctl 2012-01-14 15:07:24 -08:00
idle Merge branches 'einj', 'intel_idle', 'misc', 'srat' and 'turbostat-ivb' into release 2012-01-18 01:15:54 -05:00
ieee802154
infiniband Merge branch 'for-next-merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2012-01-18 16:29:42 -08:00
input Driver core: driver_find() drops reference before returning 2012-01-24 16:00:34 -08:00
iommu Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/iommu 2012-01-10 11:08:21 -08:00
isdn Autogenerated GPG tag for Rusty D1ADB8F1: 15EE 8D6C AB0E 7F0C F999 BFCB D920 0E6C D1AD B8F1 2012-01-14 12:32:16 -08:00
leds Autogenerated GPG tag for Rusty D1ADB8F1: 15EE 8D6C AB0E 7F0C F999 BFCB D920 0E6C D1AD B8F1 2012-01-14 12:32:16 -08:00
lguest lguest: Make sure interrupt is allocated ok by lguest_setup_irq 2012-01-12 15:44:47 +10:30
macintosh module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
mca
md Merge branch 'for-3.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2012-01-15 12:24:45 -08:00
media Driver core: driver_find() drops reference before returning 2012-01-24 16:00:34 -08:00
memstick module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
message SCSI updates for post 3.2 merge window 2012-01-10 10:36:08 -08:00
mfd Autogenerated GPG tag for Rusty D1ADB8F1: 15EE 8D6C AB0E 7F0C F999 BFCB D920 0E6C D1AD B8F1 2012-01-14 12:32:16 -08:00
misc Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2012-01-17 18:40:24 -08:00
mmc Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2012-01-17 18:40:24 -08:00
mtd Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2012-01-17 18:40:24 -08:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-01-17 22:26:41 -08:00
nfc Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core 2012-01-07 12:03:30 -08:00
nubus
of 2nd set of device tree changes for v3.3 2012-01-14 13:25:55 -08:00
oprofile
parisc Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci 2012-01-11 18:50:26 -08:00
parport Autogenerated GPG tag for Rusty D1ADB8F1: 15EE 8D6C AB0E 7F0C F999 BFCB D920 0E6C D1AD B8F1 2012-01-14 12:32:16 -08:00
pci Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://selinuxproject.org/~jmorris/linux-security 2012-01-14 18:36:33 -08:00
pcmcia Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2012-01-14 13:05:21 -08:00
pinctrl
platform module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
pnp PNP: work around Dell 1536/1546 BIOS MMCONFIG bug that breaks USB 2012-01-06 12:11:20 -08:00
power module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
pps
ps3
ptp
rapidio
regulator Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sameo/mfd-2.6 2012-01-13 20:43:32 -08:00
rtc Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sameo/mfd-2.6 2012-01-13 20:43:32 -08:00
s390 Driver core: driver_find() drops reference before returning 2012-01-24 16:00:34 -08:00
sbus
scsi SCSI updates on 20120118 2012-01-18 12:35:17 -08:00
sfi
sh SH/R-Mobile updates for 3.3 merge window. 2012-01-11 23:29:20 -08:00
sn
spi Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2012-01-17 18:40:24 -08:00
ssb
staging Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media 2012-01-15 12:49:56 -08:00
target
tc
telephony
thermal
tty Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2012-01-17 18:40:24 -08:00
uio Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci 2012-01-11 18:50:26 -08:00
usb Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2012-01-17 18:40:24 -08:00
uwb Merge branch 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb 2012-01-09 12:09:47 -08:00
vhost vhost-net: add module alias (v2.1) 2012-01-13 10:12:23 -08:00
video Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2012-01-17 18:40:24 -08:00
virt
virtio virtio: balloon: Add freeze, restore handlers to support S4 2012-01-12 15:44:47 +10:30
vlynq
w1
watchdog module_param: make bool parameters really bool (drivers & misc) 2012-01-13 09:32:20 +10:30
xen xen: using EXPORT_SYMBOL requires including export.h 2012-01-18 15:37:49 -08:00
zorro
Kconfig
Makefile mmc: sdhci-pci: add platform data 2012-01-11 23:58:47 -05:00