[PATCH] driver core: clean driver unload

Get rid of semaphore abuse by converting device_driver->unload_sem
semaphore to device_driver->unloaded completion.

This should get rid of any confusion as well as save a few bytes in the
process.

Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison <michael.waychison@sun.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 3da24059bdf1..d04fbbdc6298 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static struct sysfs_ops driver_sysfs_ops = {
 static void driver_release(struct kobject * kobj)
 {
 	struct device_driver * drv = to_driver(kobj);
-	up(&drv->unload_sem);
+	complete(&drv->unloaded);
 }
 
 static struct kobj_type ktype_driver = {
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 9556f912f960..3b269f7e5213 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ void put_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
  *	since most of the things we have to do deal with the bus
  *	structures.
  *
- *	The one interesting aspect is that we initialize @drv->unload_sem
- *	to a locked state here. It will be unlocked when the driver
- *	reference count reaches 0.
+ *	The one interesting aspect is that we setup @drv->unloaded
+ *	as a completion that gets complete when the driver reference
+ *	count reaches 0.
  */
 int driver_register(struct device_driver * drv)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&drv->devices);
-	init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&drv->unload_sem);
+	init_completion(&drv->unloaded);
 	return bus_add_driver(drv);
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver * drv)
  *
  *	Again, we pass off most of the work to the bus-level call.
  *
- *	Though, once that is done, we attempt to take @drv->unload_sem.
+ *	Though, once that is done, we wait until @drv->unloaded is completed.
  *	This will block until the driver refcount reaches 0, and it is
  *	released. Only modular drivers will call this function, and we
  *	have to guarantee that it won't complete, letting the driver
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver * drv)
 void driver_unregister(struct device_driver * drv)
 {
 	bus_remove_driver(drv);
-	down(&drv->unload_sem);
-	up(&drv->unload_sem);
+	wait_for_completion(&drv->unloaded);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index acec2a761ea0..e98232688899 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct device_driver {
 	char			* name;
 	struct bus_type		* bus;
 
-	struct semaphore	unload_sem;
+	struct completion	unloaded;
 	struct kobject		kobj;
 	struct list_head	devices;