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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/core.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 26f8cd6dd0b3..1febfd2a353a 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -2080,6 +2080,17 @@ 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; + device_unlock(dev); + /* Notify clients of device removal. This call must come * before dpm_sysfs_remove(). */ |