Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
[wrt350n-kernel.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/module.h>
10 #include <linux/kmod.h>
11 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
12 #include <linux/slab.h>
13 #include <linux/mtd/map.h>
14 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
15 #include <linux/mtd/compatmac.h>
17 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(chip_drvs_lock);
18 static LIST_HEAD(chip_drvs_list);
20 void register_mtd_chip_driver(struct mtd_chip_driver *drv)
22 spin_lock(&chip_drvs_lock);
23 list_add(&drv->list, &chip_drvs_list);
24 spin_unlock(&chip_drvs_lock);
27 void unregister_mtd_chip_driver(struct mtd_chip_driver *drv)
29 spin_lock(&chip_drvs_lock);
30 list_del(&drv->list);
31 spin_unlock(&chip_drvs_lock);
34 static struct mtd_chip_driver *get_mtd_chip_driver (const char *name)
36 struct list_head *pos;
37 struct mtd_chip_driver *ret = NULL, *this;
39 spin_lock(&chip_drvs_lock);
41 list_for_each(pos, &chip_drvs_list) {
42 this = list_entry(pos, typeof(*this), list);
44 if (!strcmp(this->name, name)) {
45 ret = this;
46 break;
49 if (ret && !try_module_get(ret->module))
50 ret = NULL;
52 spin_unlock(&chip_drvs_lock);
54 return ret;
57 /* Hide all the horrid details, like some silly person taking
58 get_module_symbol() away from us, from the caller. */
60 struct mtd_info *do_map_probe(const char *name, struct map_info *map)
62 struct mtd_chip_driver *drv;
63 struct mtd_info *ret;
65 drv = get_mtd_chip_driver(name);
67 if (!drv && !request_module("%s", name))
68 drv = get_mtd_chip_driver(name);
70 if (!drv)
71 return NULL;
73 ret = drv->probe(map);
75 /* We decrease the use count here. It may have been a
76 probe-only module, which is no longer required from this
77 point, having given us a handle on (and increased the use
78 count of) the actual driver code.
80 module_put(drv->module);
82 if (ret)
83 return ret;
85 return NULL;
88 * Destroy an MTD device which was created for a map device.
89 * Make sure the MTD device is already unregistered before calling this
91 void map_destroy(struct mtd_info *mtd)
93 struct map_info *map = mtd->priv;
95 if (map->fldrv->destroy)
96 map->fldrv->destroy(mtd);
98 module_put(map->fldrv->module);
100 kfree(mtd);
103 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_mtd_chip_driver);
104 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_mtd_chip_driver);
105 EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_map_probe);
106 EXPORT_SYMBOL(map_destroy);
108 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
109 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>");
110 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Core routines for registering and invoking MTD chip drivers");