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-rw-r--r--linux/drm_stub.h28
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/linux/drm_stub.h b/linux/drm_stub.h
index 1426af02..1a524e51 100644
--- a/linux/drm_stub.h
+++ b/linux/drm_stub.h
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ static int DRM(stub_putminor)(int minor)
* \param dev DRM device.
* \return zero on success or a negative number on failure.
*
- * Attempt to register the char device and get the foreign "drm" data. If
- * successful then another module already registered so gets the stub info,
- * otherwise use this module stub info and make it available for other modules.
+ * Attempt to gets inter module "drm" information. If we are first
+ * then register the character device and inter module information.
+ * Try and register, if we fail to register, backout previous work.
*
* Finally calls stub_info::info_register.
*/
@@ -173,12 +173,9 @@ int DRM(stub_register)(const char *name, struct file_operations *fops,
int ret2;
DRM_DEBUG("\n");
- ret1 = register_chrdev(DRM_MAJOR, "drm", &DRM(stub_fops));
- if (ret1 == -EBUSY)
- i = (struct drm_stub_info *)inter_module_get("drm");
- if (ret1 < 0)
- return -1;
-
+ /* use the inter_module_get to check - as if the same module
+ registers chrdev twice it succeeds */
+ i = (struct drm_stub_info *)inter_module_get("drm");
if (i) {
/* Already registered */
DRM(stub_info).info_register = i->info_register;
@@ -187,6 +184,13 @@ int DRM(stub_register)(const char *name, struct file_operations *fops,
DRM(stub_info).info_count = i->info_count;
DRM_DEBUG("already registered\n");
} else if (*DRM(stub_info).info_count == 0) {
+
+ ret1 = register_chrdev(DRM_MAJOR, "drm", &DRM(stub_fops));
+ if (ret1 < 0) {
+ printk (KERN_ERR, "Error registering drm major number.\n");
+ return ret1;
+ }
+
DRM(stub_info).drm_class = class_simple_create(THIS_MODULE, "drm");
if (IS_ERR(DRM(stub_info).drm_class)) {
printk (KERN_ERR "Error creating drm class.\n");
@@ -196,15 +200,15 @@ int DRM(stub_register)(const char *name, struct file_operations *fops,
DRM_DEBUG("calling inter_module_register\n");
inter_module_register("drm", THIS_MODULE, &DRM(stub_info));
}
+
if (DRM(stub_info).info_register) {
ret2 = DRM(stub_info).info_register(name, fops, dev);
if (ret2) {
- if (!ret1) {
+ if (!i) {
+ inter_module_unregister("drm");
unregister_chrdev(DRM_MAJOR, "drm");
class_simple_destroy(DRM(stub_info).drm_class);
}
- if (!i)
- inter_module_unregister("drm");
}
return ret2;
}