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| author |   Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2016-02-29 08:53:01 -0500 |
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| committer |   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> | 2016-06-25 17:26:35 +0300 |
| commit | 2072df40ec19d9703adfcdbd15f30c879bb65b2a (patch) | |
| tree | 0c2891821b65b34151f0a299d739b793d1f4d91a /drivers/char | |
| parent | tpm: Provide strong locking for device removal (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-2072df40ec19d9703adfcdbd15f30c879bb65b2a.tar.xz linux-dev-2072df40ec19d9703adfcdbd15f30c879bb65b2a.zip | |
tpm: Get rid of module locking
Now that the tpm core has strong locking around 'ops' it is possible
to remove a TPM driver, module and all, even while user space still
has things like /dev/tpmX open. For consistency and simplicity, drop
the module locking entirely.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c index 5793ea1b454c..66367286deea 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c @@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ int tpm_try_get_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip) if (!chip->ops) goto out_lock; - if (!try_module_get(chip->dev.parent->driver->owner)) - goto out_lock; - return 0; out_lock: up_read(&chip->ops_sem); @@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_try_get_ops); */ void tpm_put_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip) { - module_put(chip->dev.parent->driver->owner); up_read(&chip->ops_sem); put_device(&chip->dev); } @@ -183,7 +179,7 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpmm_chip_alloc(struct device *dev, goto out; cdev_init(&chip->cdev, &tpm_fops); - chip->cdev.owner = dev->driver->owner; + chip->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE; chip->cdev.kobj.parent = &chip->dev.kobj; rc = devm_add_action(dev, (void (*)(void *)) put_device, &chip->dev); |