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| author | Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> | 2019-08-05 18:31:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2019-08-09 17:52:28 +0200 |
| commit | c23106d4276d7d03f1b3e9dfca40fcf793a6ebab (patch) | |
| tree | d11d20b037d928e5833e0c88bdd1b78537d9afb1 /include/linux | |
| parent | 7c43f84efd6d01fc646feb67d2b2b500435b191a (diff) | |
drivers/base: Introduce kill_device()
commit 00289cd87676e14913d2d8492d1ce05c4baafdae upstream.
The libnvdimm subsystem arranges for devices to be destroyed as a result
of a sysfs operation. Since device_unregister() cannot be called from
an actively running sysfs attribute of the same device libnvdimm
arranges for device_unregister() to be performed in an out-of-line async
context.
The driver core maintains a 'dead' state for coordinating its own racing
async registration / de-registration requests. Rather than add local
'dead' state tracking infrastructure to libnvdimm device objects, export
the existing state tracking via a new kill_device() helper.
The kill_device() helper simply marks the device as dead, i.e. that it
is on its way to device_del(), or returns that the device was already
dead. This can be used in advance of calling device_unregister() for
subsystems like libnvdimm that might need to handle multiple user
threads racing to delete a device.
This refactoring does not change any behavior, but it is a pre-requisite
for follow-on fixes and therefore marked for -stable.
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Fixes: 4d88a97aa9e8 ("libnvdimm, nvdimm: dimm driver and base libnvdimm device-driver...")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Tested-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/156341207332.292348.14959761496009347574.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/device.h | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h index 3f1066a9e1c3..19dd8852602c 100644 --- a/include/linux/device.h +++ b/include/linux/device.h @@ -1332,6 +1332,7 @@ 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); |