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authorStas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>2008-04-26 19:52:35 +0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2008-04-30 16:52:47 -0700
commit16dc42e018c2868211b4928f20a957c0c216126c (patch)
tree2551571326e4927e70485159fafdc8ee7a3eb2ca /drivers/base/driver.c
parent93dd40013f4f7f4b18d19d0d77855f025bcc57c3 (diff)
downloadlinux-16dc42e018c2868211b4928f20a957c0c216126c.tar.bz2
driver core: warn about duplicate driver names on the same bus
Currently an attempt to register multiple drivers with the same name causes the stack trace with some cryptic error message. The attached patch adds the necessary check and the clear error message. Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/driver.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/driver.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 9a6537f14401..2ef5acf4368b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -217,12 +217,22 @@ static void driver_remove_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
{
int ret;
+ struct device_driver *other;
if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) ||
(drv->bus->remove && drv->remove) ||
(drv->bus->shutdown && drv->shutdown))
printk(KERN_WARNING "Driver '%s' needs updating - please use "
"bus_type methods\n", drv->name);
+
+ other = driver_find(drv->name, drv->bus);
+ if (other) {
+ put_driver(other);
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Error: Driver '%s' is already registered, "
+ "aborting...\n", drv->name);
+ return -EEXIST;
+ }
+
ret = bus_add_driver(drv);
if (ret)
return ret;