}
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.
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
*/
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);