From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> Make it possible to unregister a misc device object in a safe way during a suspend/resume cycle. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/misc.c | 13 +++++++++---- include/linux/miscdevice.h | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.24-rc8-mm1/include/linux/miscdevice.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.24-rc8-mm1.orig/include/linux/miscdevice.h +++ linux-2.6.24-rc8-mm1/include/linux/miscdevice.h @@ -43,7 +43,15 @@ struct miscdevice { }; extern int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc); -extern int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice * misc); +extern int __misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc, bool suspended); +static inline int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc) +{ + return __misc_deregister(misc, false); +} +static inline int misc_deregister_suspended(struct miscdevice *misc) +{ + return __misc_deregister(misc, true); +} #define MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(minor) \ MODULE_ALIAS("char-major-" __stringify(MISC_MAJOR) \ Index: linux-2.6.24-rc8-mm1/drivers/char/misc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.24-rc8-mm1.orig/drivers/char/misc.c +++ linux-2.6.24-rc8-mm1/drivers/char/misc.c @@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * mi } /** - * misc_deregister - unregister a miscellaneous device + * __misc_deregister - unregister a miscellaneous device * @misc: device to unregister + * @suspended: to be set if the function is used during suspend/resume * * Unregister a miscellaneous device that was previously * successfully registered with misc_register(). Success @@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * mi * indicates an error. */ -int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice * misc) +int __misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc, bool suspended) { int i = misc->minor; @@ -250,7 +251,11 @@ int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice * mutex_lock(&misc_mtx); list_del(&misc->list); - device_destroy(misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor)); + if (suspended) + destroy_suspended_device(misc_class, + MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor)); + else + device_destroy(misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor)); if (i < DYNAMIC_MINORS && i>0) { misc_minors[i>>3] &= ~(1 << (misc->minor & 7)); } @@ -259,7 +264,7 @@ int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice * } EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_register); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_deregister); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__misc_deregister); static int __init misc_init(void) { _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm