linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND 1/3] driver core: export lock_device_hotplug/unlock_device

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Message-Id: <1423736634-338-2-git-send-email-vkuznets@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2015 11:23:52 +0100
From:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>,
	Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@...wei.com>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] driver core: export lock_device_hotplug/unlock_device_hotplug

add_memory() is supposed to be run with device_hotplug_lock grabbed, otherwise
it can race with e.g. device_online(). Allow external modules (hv_balloon for
now) to lock device hotplug.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/base/core.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 97e2baf..b3073af 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -55,11 +55,13 @@ void lock_device_hotplug(void)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&device_hotplug_lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lock_device_hotplug);
 
 void unlock_device_hotplug(void)
 {
 	mutex_unlock(&device_hotplug_lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unlock_device_hotplug);
 
 int lock_device_hotplug_sysfs(void)
 {
-- 
1.9.3

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