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diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 082bfded385..eb11475293e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -149,10 +149,6 @@ void put_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
* We pass off most of the work to the bus_add_driver() call,
* since most of the things we have to do deal with the bus
* structures.
- *
- * The one interesting aspect is that we setup @drv->unloaded
- * as a completion that gets complete when the driver reference
- * count reaches 0.
*/
int driver_register(struct device_driver * drv)
{
@@ -162,35 +158,19 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver * drv)
printk(KERN_WARNING "Driver '%s' needs updating - please use bus_type methods\n", drv->name);
}
klist_init(&drv->klist_devices, NULL, NULL);
- init_completion(&drv->unloaded);
return bus_add_driver(drv);
}
-
/**
* driver_unregister - remove driver from system.
* @drv: driver.
*
* Again, we pass off most of the work to the bus-level call.
- *
- * Though, once that is done, we wait until @drv->unloaded is completed.
- * This will block until the driver refcount reaches 0, and it is
- * released. Only modular drivers will call this function, and we
- * have to guarantee that it won't complete, letting the driver
- * unload until all references are gone.
*/
void driver_unregister(struct device_driver * drv)
{
bus_remove_driver(drv);
- /*
- * If the driver is a module, we are probably in
- * the module unload path, and we want to wait
- * for everything to unload before we can actually
- * finish the unload.
- */
- if (drv->owner)
- wait_for_completion(&drv->unloaded);
}
/**