Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6:
  Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
  Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/
  Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_[mc|smt]_power_savings
  Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/ topology files
  Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/ topology files
  Documentation: ABI: document /sys/devices/system/cpu/
  Documentation: ABI: rename sysfs-devices-cache_disable properly
  Driver core: allow certain drivers prohibit bind/unbind via sysfs
  Driver core: fix driver_register() return value

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 973bf2ad4e0..63c143e54a5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -689,15 +689,19 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: driver_add_attrs(%s) failed\n",
                         __func__, drv->name);
         }
-        error = add_bind_files(drv);
-        if (error) {
-                /* Ditto */
-                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: add_bind_files(%s) failed\n",
-                        __func__, drv->name);
+
+        if (!drv->suppress_bind_attrs) {
+                error = add_bind_files(drv);
+                if (error) {
+                        /* Ditto */
+                        printk(KERN_ERR "%s: add_bind_files(%s) failed\n",
+                                __func__, drv->name);
+                }
         }
 
         kobject_uevent(&priv->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
         return 0;
+
 out_unregister:
         kfree(drv->p);
         drv->p = NULL;
@@ -720,7 +724,8 @@ void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
         if (!drv->bus)
                 return;
 
-        remove_bind_files(drv);
+        if (!drv->suppress_bind_attrs)
+                remove_bind_files(drv);
         driver_remove_attrs(drv->bus, drv);
         driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_uevent);
         klist_remove(&drv->p->knode_bus);
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index ed2ebd3c287..f367885a764 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
                 put_driver(other);
                 printk(KERN_ERR "Error: Driver '%s' is already registered, "
                         "aborting...\n", drv->name);
-                return -EEXIST;
+                return -EBUSY;
         }
 
         ret = bus_add_driver(drv);
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index ed156a13aa4..4fa954b07ac 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -521,11 +521,15 @@ int __init_or_module platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv,
 {
         int retval, code;
 
+        /* make sure driver won't have bind/unbind attributes */
+        drv->driver.suppress_bind_attrs = true;
+
         /* temporary section violation during probe() */
         drv->probe = probe;
         retval = code = platform_driver_register(drv);
 
-        /* Fixup that section violation, being paranoid about code scanning
+        /*
+         * Fixup that section violation, being paranoid about code scanning
          * the list of drivers in order to probe new devices.  Check to see
          * if the probe was successful, and make sure any forced probes of
          * new devices fail.