From e935d5da8e5d12fabe5b632736c50eae0427e8c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Moore, Eric" Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:18:18 -0700 Subject: [SCSI] drivers/base/bus.c - export reprobe Adding support for exposing hidden raid components for sg interface. The sdev->no_uld_attach flag will set set accordingly. The sas module supports adding/removing raid volumes using online storage management application interface. This patch was provided to me by Christoph Hellwig. Signed-off-by: Eric Moore Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: James Bottomley --- drivers/base/bus.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/base') diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c index c3141565d59..48718b7f4fa 100644 --- a/drivers/base/bus.c +++ b/drivers/base/bus.c @@ -536,6 +536,28 @@ void bus_rescan_devices(struct bus_type * bus) bus_for_each_dev(bus, NULL, NULL, bus_rescan_devices_helper); } +/** + * device_reprobe - remove driver for a device and probe for a new driver + * @dev: the device to reprobe + * + * This function detaches the attached driver (if any) for the given + * device and restarts the driver probing process. It is intended + * to use if probing criteria changed during a devices lifetime and + * driver attachment should change accordingly. + */ +void device_reprobe(struct device *dev) +{ + if (dev->driver) { + if (dev->parent) /* Needed for USB */ + down(&dev->parent->sem); + device_release_driver(dev); + if (dev->parent) + up(&dev->parent->sem); + } + + bus_rescan_devices_helper(dev, NULL); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_reprobe); struct bus_type * get_bus(struct bus_type * bus) { -- cgit