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-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/ioc4.c29
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ioc4.c b/drivers/misc/ioc4.c
index 193206602d88..668d41e594a9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ioc4.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ioc4.c
@@ -273,13 +273,11 @@ ioc4_variant(struct ioc4_driver_data *idd)
static void __devinit
ioc4_load_modules(struct work_struct *work)
{
- /* arg just has to be freed */
-
request_module("sgiioc4");
-
- kfree(work);
}
+static DECLARE_WORK(ioc4_load_modules_work, ioc4_load_modules);
+
/* Adds a new instance of an IOC4 card */
static int __devinit
ioc4_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pci_id)
@@ -396,21 +394,12 @@ ioc4_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pci_id)
* PCI device.
*/
if (idd->idd_variant != IOC4_VARIANT_PCI_RT) {
- struct work_struct *work;
- work = kzalloc(sizeof(struct work_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!work) {
- printk(KERN_WARNING
- "%s: IOC4 unable to allocate memory for "
- "load of sub-modules.\n", __func__);
- } else {
- /* Request the module from a work procedure as the
- * modprobe goes out to a userland helper and that
- * will hang if done directly from ioc4_probe().
- */
- printk(KERN_INFO "IOC4 loading sgiioc4 submodule\n");
- INIT_WORK(work, ioc4_load_modules);
- schedule_work(work);
- }
+ /* Request the module from a work procedure as the modprobe
+ * goes out to a userland helper and that will hang if done
+ * directly from ioc4_probe().
+ */
+ printk(KERN_INFO "IOC4 loading sgiioc4 submodule\n");
+ schedule_work(&ioc4_load_modules_work);
}
return 0;
@@ -498,7 +487,7 @@ static void __exit
ioc4_exit(void)
{
/* Ensure ioc4_load_modules() has completed before exiting */
- flush_scheduled_work();
+ flush_work_sync(&ioc4_load_modules_work);
pci_unregister_driver(&ioc4_driver);
}