linux/drivers
Jean Delvare dc4c15d44b platform: reorder platform_device_del
In platform_device_del(), we currently delete the device resources
first, then we delete the device itself. This causes a (minor) bug to
occur when one unregisters a platform device before unregistering its
platform driver, and the driver is requesting (in .probe()) and
releasing (in .remove()) a resource of the device. The device
resources are already gone by the time the driver gets the chance to
release the resources it had been requesting, causing an error like:
Trying to free nonexistent resource <0000000000000295-0000000000000296>

If the platform driver is unregistered first, the problem doesn't
occur, as the driver will have the opportunity to release the
resources it had requested before the device resources themselves are
released. It's a bit odd that unregistering the driver first or the
device first doesn't lead to the same result.

So I believe that we should delete the device first in
platform_device_del(). I've searched the git history and found that it
used to be the case before 2.6.8, but was changed here:

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commitdiff;h=96ef7b3689936ee1e64b711511342026a8ce459c

> 2004/07/14 16:09:44-07:00 dtor_core
> [PATCH] Driver core: Fix OOPS in device_platform_unregister
> 
> Driver core: platform_device_unregister should release resources first
>              and only then call device_unregister, otherwise if there
>              are no more references to the device it will be freed and
>              the fucntion will try to access freed memory.  

However we now have an explicit call to put_device() at the end of
platform_device_unregister() so I guess the original problem no longer
exists and it is safe to revert that change.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
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acpi power management: implement pm_ops.valid for everybody 2007-04-30 16:40:40 -07:00
amba uevent: use add_uevent_var() instead of open coding it 2007-04-27 10:57:29 -07:00
ata libata: honour host controllers that want just one host 2007-04-30 17:43:48 -07:00
atm [ATM]: Use mutex instead of binary semaphore in FORE Systems 200E-series driver 2007-04-26 01:41:49 -07:00
auxdisplay [PATCH] cfag12864b: fix crash when built-in and no parport present 2007-02-20 17:10:14 -08:00
base platform: reorder platform_device_del 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
block ub: Bind to first endpoint, not to last 2007-04-27 13:28:34 -07:00
bluetooth [SK_BUFF]: Introduce skb_copy_from_linear_data{_offset} 2007-04-25 22:28:23 -07:00
cdrom [PATCH] Fix soft lockup with iSeries viocd driver 2007-03-05 07:57:51 -08:00
char Merge branch 'for-2.6.22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2007-04-30 08:10:12 -07:00
clocksource ACPI: correct pathname in comment 2007-04-25 14:27:06 -04:00
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cpufreq [PATCH] Fix maxcpus=1 trigerring BUG() in cpufreq 2007-03-27 08:55:56 -07:00
crypto [PATCH] geode-aes: use unsigned long for spin_lock_irqsave 2007-03-06 09:30:25 -08:00
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dma [PATCH] rm pointless dmaengine exports 2007-03-16 19:25:03 -07:00
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eisa [PATCH] drivers/eisa/pci_eisa.c:pci_eisa_init() should be init 2007-03-27 09:05:15 -07:00
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hid Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid 2007-04-30 08:58:21 -07:00
hwmon Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.22 2007-04-30 12:38:01 +10:00
i2c Minor bug fixes to i2c-pasemi 2007-04-17 16:36:28 -07:00
ide IDE: remove rwsem use from ide-proc core 2007-04-27 10:57:30 -07:00
ieee1394 ieee1394: remove garbage from Kconfig 2007-04-30 00:00:33 +02:00
infiniband Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.22 2007-04-30 12:38:01 +10:00
input Input: gameport - do not touch bus's rwsem 2007-04-27 10:57:30 -07:00
isdn [SK_BUFF]: Introduce skb_copy_to_linear_data{_offset} 2007-04-25 22:28:29 -07:00
kvm KVM: Fix off-by-one when writing to a nonpae guest pde 2007-04-19 18:39:26 +03:00
leds
macintosh Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.22 2007-04-30 12:38:01 +10:00
mca
md [BLOCK] Don't pin lots of memory in mempools 2007-04-30 09:08:17 +02:00
media Merge branch 'for-2.6.22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2007-04-30 08:10:12 -07:00
message [SK_BUFF]: Introduce skb_copy_from_linear_data{_offset} 2007-04-25 22:28:23 -07:00
mfd [PATCH] drivers/mfd/sm501.c: fix an off-by-one 2007-04-02 10:06:08 -07:00
misc Pull thinkpad into release branch 2007-04-28 23:11:19 -04:00
mmc uevent: use add_uevent_var() instead of open coding it 2007-04-27 10:57:29 -07:00
mtd [MTD] [MAPS] drivers/mtd/maps/ck804xrom.c: convert pci_module_init() 2007-04-27 23:34:21 +01:00
net Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2007-04-30 08:14:42 -07:00
nubus
oprofile [PATCH] oprofile: fix potential deadlock on oprofilefs_lock 2007-03-28 13:58:02 -07:00
parisc [NET]: Remove NETIF_F_INTERNAL_STATS, default to internal stats. 2007-04-28 21:04:03 -07:00
parport [PARPORT] SUNBPP: Fix OOPS when debugging is enabled. 2007-04-23 23:33:17 -07:00
pci Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev 2007-04-29 10:48:21 -07:00
pcmcia [PATCH] omap_cf: oops-on-suspend fix 2007-04-08 19:47:55 -07:00
pnp PNP: stop using the subsystem rwsem 2007-04-27 10:57:30 -07:00
ps3 [POWERPC] Remove dev_dbg redefinition in drivers/ps3/vuart.c 2007-04-30 13:03:39 +10:00
rapidio
rtc [PATCH] rtc-cmos lockdep fix, irq updates 2007-04-02 10:06:09 -07:00
s390 s390: cio: Delay uevents for subchannels 2007-04-27 10:57:32 -07:00
sbus [OPENPROM]: Use pci_device_to_OF_node(). 2007-04-26 01:54:59 -07:00
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serial Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.22 2007-04-30 12:38:01 +10:00
sh
sn
spi spi: fix use of set_cs in spi_s3c24xx driver 2007-04-17 16:36:27 -07:00
tc [PATCH] Fix build error on zs serial driver 2007-04-04 21:12:47 -07:00
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video Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.22 2007-04-30 12:38:01 +10:00
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Kconfig
Makefile IB: Remove reference to obsolete CONFIG_IPATH_CORE 2007-04-18 20:20:53 -07:00