commit 00289cd87676e14913d2d8492d1ce05c4baafdae upstream.
The libnvdimm subsystem arranges for devices to be destroyed as a result
of a sysfs operation. Since device_unregister() cannot be called from
an actively running sysfs attribute of the same device libnvdimm
arranges for device_unregister() to be performed in an out-of-line async
context.
The driver core maintains a 'dead' state for coordinating its own racing
async registration / de-registration requests. Rather than add local
'dead' state tracking infrastructure to libnvdimm device objects, export
the existing state tracking via a new kill_device() helper.
The kill_device() helper simply marks the device as dead, i.e. that it
is on its way to device_del(), or returns that the device was already
dead. This can be used in advance of calling device_unregister() for
subsystems like libnvdimm that might need to handle multiple user
threads racing to delete a device.
This refactoring does not change any behavior, but it is a pre-requisite
for follow-on fixes and therefore marked for -stable.
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 4d88a97aa9e8 ("libnvdimm, nvdimm: dimm driver and base libnvdimm device-driver...")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/156341207332.292348.14959761496009347574.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
include/linux/device.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 37a90d72f373..e1a8d5c06f65 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2031,6 +2031,24 @@ void put_device(struct device *dev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_device);
+bool kill_device(struct device *dev)
+{
+ /*
+ * Require the device lock and set the "dead" flag to guarantee that
+ * the update behavior is consistent with the other bitfields near
+ * it and that we cannot have an asynchronous probe routine trying
+ * to run while we are tearing out the bus/class/sysfs from
+ * underneath the device.
+ */
+ lockdep_assert_held(&dev->mutex);
+
+ if (dev->p->dead)
+ return false;
+ dev->p->dead = true;
+ return true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kill_device);
+
/**
* device_del - delete device from system.
* @dev: device.
@@ -2050,15 +2068,8 @@ void device_del(struct device *dev)
struct kobject *glue_dir = NULL;
struct class_interface *class_intf;
- /*
- * Hold the device lock and set the "dead" flag to guarantee that
- * the update behavior is consistent with the other bitfields near
- * it and that we cannot have an asynchronous probe routine trying
- * to run while we are tearing out the bus/class/sysfs from
- * underneath the device.
- */
device_lock(dev);
- dev->p->dead = true;
+ kill_device(dev);
device_unlock(dev);
/* Notify clients of device removal. This call must come
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 3f1066a9e1c3..19dd8852602c 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1332,6 +1332,7 @@ extern int (*platform_notify_remove)(struct device *dev);
*/
extern struct device *get_device(struct device *dev);
extern void put_device(struct device *dev);
+extern bool kill_device(struct device *dev);
#ifdef CONFIG_DEVTMPFS
extern int devtmpfs_create_node(struct device *dev);
