* may be used for reference counting of @dev after calling this
* function.
*
+ * All fields in @dev must be initialized by the caller to 0, except
+ * for those explicitly set to some other value. The simplest
+ * approach is to use kzalloc() to allocate the structure containing
+ * @dev.
+ *
* NOTE: Use put_device() to give up your reference instead of freeing
* @dev directly once you have called this function.
*/
dev->p->device = dev;
klist_init(&dev->p->klist_children, klist_children_get,
klist_children_put);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->p->deferred_probe);
return 0;
}
* to the global and sibling lists for the device, then
* adds it to the other relevant subsystems of the driver model.
*
+ * Do not call this routine or device_register() more than once for
+ * any device structure. The driver model core is not designed to work
+ * with devices that get unregistered and then spring back to life.
+ * (Among other things, it's very hard to guarantee that all references
+ * to the previous incarnation of @dev have been dropped.) Allocate
+ * and register a fresh new struct device instead.
+ *
* NOTE: _Never_ directly free @dev after calling this function, even
* if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up your
* reference instead.
device_pm_add(dev);
/* Notify clients of device addition. This call must come
- * after dpm_sysf_add() and before kobject_uevent().
+ * after dpm_sysfs_add() and before kobject_uevent().
*/
if (dev->bus)
blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->p->bus_notifier,
* have a clearly defined need to use and refcount the device
* before it is added to the hierarchy.
*
+ * For more information, see the kerneldoc for device_initialize()
+ * and device_add().
+ *
* NOTE: _Never_ directly free @dev after calling this function, even
* if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the
* reference initialized in this function instead.
device_remove_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
device_remove_attrs(dev);
bus_remove_device(dev);
+ driver_deferred_probe_del(dev);
/*
* Some platform devices are driven without driver attached