[PATCH] Add a semaphore to struct device to synchronize calls to its driver.
This adds a per-device semaphore that is taken before every call from the core to a
driver method. This prevents e.g. simultaneous calls to the ->suspend() or ->resume()
and ->probe() or ->release(), potentially saving a whole lot of headaches.
It also moves us a step closer to removing the bus rwsem, since it protects the fields
in struct device that are modified by the core.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index a293a78..9344082 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->driver_list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->bus_list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dma_pools);
+ init_MUTEX(&dev->sem);
}
/**