[PATCH] W1: w1_netlink: New init/fini netlink callbacks.
[linux-2.6/verdex.git] / drivers / mtd / chips / chipreg.c
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1 /*
2 * $Id: chipreg.c,v 1.17 2004/11/16 18:29:00 dwmw2 Exp $
4 * Registration for chip drivers
6 */
8 #include <linux/kernel.h>
9 #include <linux/config.h>
10 #include <linux/module.h>
11 #include <linux/kmod.h>
12 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
13 #include <linux/slab.h>
14 #include <linux/mtd/map.h>
15 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
16 #include <linux/mtd/compatmac.h>
18 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(chip_drvs_lock);
19 static LIST_HEAD(chip_drvs_list);
21 void register_mtd_chip_driver(struct mtd_chip_driver *drv)
23 spin_lock(&chip_drvs_lock);
24 list_add(&drv->list, &chip_drvs_list);
25 spin_unlock(&chip_drvs_lock);
28 void unregister_mtd_chip_driver(struct mtd_chip_driver *drv)
30 spin_lock(&chip_drvs_lock);
31 list_del(&drv->list);
32 spin_unlock(&chip_drvs_lock);
35 static struct mtd_chip_driver *get_mtd_chip_driver (const char *name)
37 struct list_head *pos;
38 struct mtd_chip_driver *ret = NULL, *this;
40 spin_lock(&chip_drvs_lock);
42 list_for_each(pos, &chip_drvs_list) {
43 this = list_entry(pos, typeof(*this), list);
45 if (!strcmp(this->name, name)) {
46 ret = this;
47 break;
50 if (ret && !try_module_get(ret->module))
51 ret = NULL;
53 spin_unlock(&chip_drvs_lock);
55 return ret;
58 /* Hide all the horrid details, like some silly person taking
59 get_module_symbol() away from us, from the caller. */
61 struct mtd_info *do_map_probe(const char *name, struct map_info *map)
63 struct mtd_chip_driver *drv;
64 struct mtd_info *ret;
66 drv = get_mtd_chip_driver(name);
68 if (!drv && !request_module("%s", name))
69 drv = get_mtd_chip_driver(name);
71 if (!drv)
72 return NULL;
74 ret = drv->probe(map);
76 /* We decrease the use count here. It may have been a
77 probe-only module, which is no longer required from this
78 point, having given us a handle on (and increased the use
79 count of) the actual driver code.
81 module_put(drv->module);
83 if (ret)
84 return ret;
86 return NULL;
89 * Destroy an MTD device which was created for a map device.
90 * Make sure the MTD device is already unregistered before calling this
92 void map_destroy(struct mtd_info *mtd)
94 struct map_info *map = mtd->priv;
96 if (map->fldrv->destroy)
97 map->fldrv->destroy(mtd);
99 module_put(map->fldrv->module);
101 kfree(mtd);
104 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_mtd_chip_driver);
105 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_mtd_chip_driver);
106 EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_map_probe);
107 EXPORT_SYMBOL(map_destroy);
109 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
110 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>");
111 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Core routines for registering and invoking MTD chip drivers");