V4L/DVB (11044): v4l2-device: add v4l2_device_disconnect

Call v4l2_device_disconnect when the parent of a hotpluggable device
disconnects. This ensures that you do not have a pointer to a device that
is no longer present.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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Hans Verkuil
2009-03-14 08:28:45 -03:00
committed by Mauro Carvalho Chehab
parent 6273fda6e3
commit ae6cfaace1
4 changed files with 27 additions and 6 deletions

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@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ struct v4l2_device {
dev may be NULL in rare cases (ISA devices). In that case you
must fill in the v4l2_dev->name field before calling this function. */
int __must_check v4l2_device_register(struct device *dev, struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
/* Set v4l2_dev->dev->driver_data to NULL and unregister all sub-devices */
/* Set v4l2_dev->dev to NULL. Call when the USB parent disconnects.
Since the parent disappears this ensures that v4l2_dev doesn't have an
invalid parent pointer. */
void v4l2_device_disconnect(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
/* Unregister all sub-devices and any other resources related to v4l2_dev. */
void v4l2_device_unregister(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
/* Register a subdev with a v4l2 device. While registered the subdev module