linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/9] MTD: call remove notifiers before removing the device

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Message-ID: <1262814285.14552.23.camel@maxim-laptop>
Date:	Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:44:45 +0200
From:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Alex Dubov <oakad@...oo.com>, joern <joern@...fs.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] MTD: call remove notifiers before removing the device

>>From d8cb6b03919de5ab1587cd4340c684f2c468aec7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:29:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] MTD: call remove notifiers before removing the device, so users
 have chance to free the mtd device

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c |   21 +++++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 467a4f1..738e329 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -341,31 +341,32 @@ int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 int del_mtd_device (struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
 	int ret;
+	struct mtd_notifier *not;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);
 
 	if (mtd_table[mtd->index] != mtd) {
 		ret = -ENODEV;
-	} else if (mtd->usecount) {
+		goto out_error;
+	}
+
+	/* No need to get a refcount on the module containing
+		the notifier, since we hold the mtd_table_mutex */
+	list_for_each_entry(not, &mtd_notifiers, list)
+		not->remove(mtd);
+
+	if (mtd->usecount) {
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Removing MTD device #%d (%s) with use count %d\n",
 		       mtd->index, mtd->name, mtd->usecount);
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 	} else {
-		struct mtd_notifier *not;
-
 		device_unregister(&mtd->dev);
-
-		/* No need to get a refcount on the module containing
-		   the notifier, since we hold the mtd_table_mutex */
-		list_for_each_entry(not, &mtd_notifiers, list)
-			not->remove(mtd);
-
 		mtd_table[mtd->index] = NULL;
-
 		module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 		ret = 0;
 	}
 
+out_error:
 	mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.6.3.3



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