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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/pps/pps.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/pps/pps.c b/drivers/pps/pps.c index 2420d5a..a70e384 100644 --- a/drivers/pps/pps.c +++ b/drivers/pps/pps.c @@ -352,11 +352,44 @@ free_idr: void pps_unregister_cdev(struct pps_device *pps) { + pps->lookup_cookie = NULL; device_destroy(pps_class, pps->dev->devt); cdev_del(&pps->cdev); } /* + * Look up a pps device by magic cookie. + * The cookie is usually a pointer to some enclosing device, but this + * code doesn't care; you should never be dereferencing it. + * + * This is a bit of a kludge that is currently used only by the PPS + * serial line discipline. It may need to be tweaked when a second user + * is found. + * + * There is no function interface for setting the lookup_cookie field. + * It's initialized to NULL when the pps device is created, and if a + * client wants to use it, just fill it in afterward. + * + * The cookie is automatically set to NULL in pps_unregister_source() + * so that it will not be used again, even if the pps device cannot + * be removed from the idr due to pending references holding the minor + * number in use. + */ +struct pps_device *pps_lookup_dev(void const *cookie) +{ + struct pps_device *pps; + unsigned id; + + rcu_read_lock(); + idr_for_each_entry(&pps_idr, pps, id) + if (cookie == pps->lookup_cookie) + break; + rcu_read_unlock(); + return pps; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(pps_lookup_dev); + +/* * Module stuff */ |
