Merging upstream version 4.19.282.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/include/media/dvbdev.h b/include/media/dvbdev.h
index 881ca461b..09279ed00 100644
--- a/include/media/dvbdev.h
+++ b/include/media/dvbdev.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct dvb_adapter {
  * struct dvb_device - represents a DVB device node
  *
  * @list_head:	List head with all DVB devices
+ * @ref:	reference counter
  * @fops:	pointer to struct file_operations
  * @adapter:	pointer to the adapter that holds this device node
  * @type:	type of the device, as defined by &enum dvb_device_type.
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ struct dvb_adapter {
  */
 struct dvb_device {
 	struct list_head list_head;
+	struct kref ref;
 	const struct file_operations *fops;
 	struct dvb_adapter *adapter;
 	enum dvb_device_type type;
@@ -188,6 +190,20 @@ struct dvb_device {
 };
 
 /**
+ * dvb_device_get - Increase dvb_device reference
+ *
+ * @dvbdev:	pointer to struct dvb_device
+ */
+struct dvb_device *dvb_device_get(struct dvb_device *dvbdev);
+
+/**
+ * dvb_device_put - Decrease dvb_device reference
+ *
+ * @dvbdev:	pointer to struct dvb_device
+ */
+void dvb_device_put(struct dvb_device *dvbdev);
+
+/**
  * dvb_register_adapter - Registers a new DVB adapter
  *
  * @adap:	pointer to struct dvb_adapter
@@ -231,29 +247,17 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap,
 /**
  * dvb_remove_device - Remove a registered DVB device
  *
- * This does not free memory.  To do that, call dvb_free_device().
+ * This does not free memory. dvb_free_device() will do that when
+ * reference counter is empty
  *
  * @dvbdev:	pointer to struct dvb_device
  */
 void dvb_remove_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev);
 
-/**
- * dvb_free_device - Free memory occupied by a DVB device.
- *
- * Call dvb_unregister_device() before calling this function.
- *
- * @dvbdev:	pointer to struct dvb_device
- */
-void dvb_free_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev);
 
 /**
  * dvb_unregister_device - Unregisters a DVB device
  *
- * This is a combination of dvb_remove_device() and dvb_free_device().
- * Using this function is usually a mistake, and is often an indicator
- * for a use-after-free bug (when a userspace process keeps a file
- * handle to a detached device).
- *
  * @dvbdev:	pointer to struct dvb_device
  */
 void dvb_unregister_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev);