linux/drivers/char
Neil Horman 5d469ec0f4 [PATCH] Correct misc_register return code handling in several drivers
Clean up several code points in which the return code from misc_register is
not handled properly.

Several modules failed to deregister various hooks when misc_register fails,
and this patch cleans them up.  Also there are a few modules that legitimately
don't care about the failure status of misc register.  These drivers however
unilaterally call misc_deregister on module unload.

Since misc_register doesn't initialize the list_head in the init_routine if it
fails, the deregister operation is at risk for oopsing when list_del is
called.  The initial solution was to manually init the list in the miscdev
structure in each of those modules, but the consensus in this thread was to
consolodate and do that universally inside misc_register.

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Kylene Jo Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
Cc: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07 08:39:35 -08:00
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agp [AGP] Allocate AGP pages with GFP_DMA32 by default 2006-11-22 14:55:29 -08:00
drm [PATCH] mm: incorrect VM_FAULT_OOM returns from drivers 2006-12-07 08:39:20 -08:00
hw_random [PATCH] severing fs.h, radix-tree.h -> sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:24 -05:00
ip2 WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
ipmi [PATCH] ipmi: use platform_device_add() instead of platform_device_register() to register device allocated dynamically 2006-11-16 11:43:37 -08:00
mwave IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
pcmcia Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2006-12-06 15:01:18 +00:00
rio [PATCH] ioremap balanced with iounmap for drivers/char/rio/rio_linux.c 2006-12-07 08:39:30 -08:00
tpm [PATCH] Correct misc_register return code handling in several drivers 2006-12-07 08:39:35 -08:00
watchdog [PATCH] slab: remove SLAB_ATOMIC 2006-12-07 08:39:24 -08:00
.gitignore [MIPS] Remove IT8172-based platforms, ITE 8172G and Globespan IVR support. 2006-10-03 17:59:17 +01:00
amiserial.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
applicom.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
applicom.h
briq_panel.c Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h> 2006-10-04 03:38:54 -04:00
cd1865.h
ChangeLog
consolemap.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
cp437.uni
cs5535_gpio.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
cyclades.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
decserial.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
defkeymap.c_shipped
defkeymap.map
digi.h
digi1.h
digiFep1.h
digiPCI.h
ds1286.c [PATCH] proper flags type of spin_lock_irqsave() 2006-10-01 00:39:21 -07:00
ds1302.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
ds1620.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
dsp56k.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
dtlk.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
ec3104_keyb.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
efirtc.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
epca.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
epca.h [PATCH] char: kill unneeded memsets 2006-10-04 07:55:13 -07:00
epcaconfig.h
esp.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
generic_nvram.c [PATCH] powerpc: Kill _machine and hard-coded platform numbers 2006-03-28 23:15:54 +11:00
generic_serial.c [PATCH] char: kill unneeded memsets 2006-10-04 07:55:13 -07:00
genrtc.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
hangcheck-timer.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
hpet.c [PATCH] severing poll.h -> mm.h 2006-12-04 02:00:36 -05:00
hvc_console.c [PATCH] Add include/linux/freezer.h and move definitions from sched.h 2006-12-07 08:39:27 -08:00
hvc_console.h [POWERPC] Make the hvc_console output buffer size settable 2006-07-13 18:53:32 +10:00
hvc_iseries.c Merge branch 'master' of git://oak/home/sfr/kernels/iseries/work 2006-10-04 15:02:27 +10:00
hvc_rtas.c [POWERPC] Make the hvc_console output buffer size settable 2006-07-13 18:53:32 +10:00
hvc_vio.c [POWERPC] The two vio HVC backends clash 2006-09-25 13:30:51 +10:00
hvcs.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
hvsi.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
i8k.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
ip27-rtc.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
isicom.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
istallion.c [PATCH] ioremap balanced with iounmap for drivers/char/istallion.c 2006-12-07 08:39:30 -08:00
Kconfig Remove long-unmaintained ftape driver subsystem. 2006-12-03 22:22:41 -05:00
keyboard.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
lcd.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
lcd.h
lp.c [PATCH] There is no devfs, there has never been a devfs, we have always been at war with... 2006-09-29 09:18:10 -07:00
Makefile Remove long-unmaintained ftape driver subsystem. 2006-12-03 22:22:41 -05:00
mbcs.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
mbcs.h
mem.c Driver core: change mem class_devices to be real devices 2006-12-01 14:52:00 -08:00
misc.c [PATCH] Correct misc_register return code handling in several drivers 2006-12-07 08:39:35 -08:00
mmtimer.c [PATCH] Correct misc_register return code handling in several drivers 2006-12-07 08:39:35 -08:00
moxa.c [PATCH] ioremap balanced with iounmap for drivers/char/moxa.c 2006-12-07 08:39:30 -08:00
mspec.c [PATCH] mspec driver build fix 2006-11-13 07:40:42 -08:00
mxser.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
mxser.h [PATCH] Typo fixes 2006-03-28 09:16:08 -08:00
n_hdlc.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
n_r3964.c [PATCH] R3964: fix GFP_KERNEL allocations in timer function 2006-06-25 10:01:17 -07:00
n_tty.c [PATCH] remove TTY_DONT_FLIP 2006-06-28 14:59:05 -07:00
nsc_gpio.c Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h> 2006-10-04 03:38:54 -04:00
nvram.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
nwbutton.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
nwbutton.h IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
nwflash.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
pc8736x_gpio.c [PATCH] drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c: remove unused static functions 2006-09-29 09:18:05 -07:00
ppdev.c Driver core: convert ppdev code to use struct device 2006-12-01 14:52:00 -08:00
pty.c [PATCH] const struct tty_operations 2006-10-02 07:57:14 -07:00
random.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2006-12-05 14:37:56 +00:00
raw.c Driver core: convert raw device code to use struct device 2006-12-01 14:51:59 -08:00
riscom8.c [PATCH] drivers/{char|isdn}: work_struct-induced breakage 2006-12-06 11:09:08 -08:00
riscom8.h
riscom8_reg.h
rocket.c [PATCH] const struct tty_operations 2006-10-02 07:57:14 -07:00
rocket.h
rocket_int.h
rtc.c [RTC] Consistently use of tabs for formatting. 2006-10-09 23:20:47 +01:00
scan_keyb.c
scan_keyb.h
scc.h [PATCH] m68k: static vs. extern in scc.h 2006-01-12 09:09:00 -08:00
scx200_gpio.c [PATCH] scx200_gpio export cleanups 2006-09-29 09:18:06 -07:00
selection.c [PATCH] tty locking on resize 2006-09-29 09:18:12 -07:00
ser_a2232.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
ser_a2232.h
ser_a2232fw.ax
ser_a2232fw.h
serial167.c [PATCH] drivers/{char|isdn}: work_struct-induced breakage 2006-12-06 11:09:08 -08:00
snsc.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
snsc.h [IA64-SGI] Handle SC env. powerdown events 2006-01-26 13:32:26 -08:00
snsc_event.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
sonypi.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
specialix.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
specialix_io8.h
stallion.c [PATCH] drivers/{char|isdn}: work_struct-induced breakage 2006-12-06 11:09:08 -08:00
sx.c [PATCH] sx: fix user-visible typo (devic) 2006-10-17 08:18:45 -07:00
sx.h
sxboards.h
sxwindow.h
synclink.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
synclink_gt.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
synclinkmp.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
sysrq.c [PATCH] SysRq-X: show blocked tasks 2006-12-07 08:39:32 -08:00
tb0219.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
tipar.c [PATCH] pr_debug: tipar: repair nonexistant pr_debug argument use 2006-10-03 08:04:19 -07:00
tlclk.c [PATCH] tlclk: fix platform_device_register_simple() error check 2006-11-25 13:28:34 -08:00
toshiba.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
tty_io.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2006-12-05 14:37:56 +00:00
tty_ioctl.c [PATCH] Fix locking for tty drivers when doing urgent characters 2006-09-29 09:18:24 -07:00
vc_screen.c Driver core: convert vc code to use struct device 2006-12-01 14:51:59 -08:00
viocons.c [POWERPC] Fix viocons for irq breakage 2006-10-07 10:10:27 +10:00
viotape.c [POWERPC] iseries: Small viotape cleanup allowed by devfs removal 2006-07-13 18:56:00 +10:00
vme_scc.c [PATCH] m68k pt_regs fixes 2006-10-07 10:51:14 -07:00
vr41xx_giu.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
vt.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2006-12-05 14:37:56 +00:00
vt_ioctl.c [PATCH] vt: Make vt_pid a struct pid (making it pid wrap around safe). 2006-10-02 07:57:14 -07:00