5 files changed, 3 insertions, 83 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt
index a8ded1a8bd62..40c4717d236b 100644
--- a/Documentation/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pci.txt
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ initialization with a pointer to a structure describing the driver
 
         err_handler     See Documentation/pci-error-recovery.txt
 
-        multithread_probe       Enable multi-threaded probe/scan. Driver must
-                        provide its own locking/syncronization for init
-                        operations if this is enabled.
-
 
 The ID table is an array of struct pci_device_id entries ending with an
 all-zero entry.  Each entry consists of:
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 18dba8e78da7..92428e55b0c2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -226,12 +226,10 @@ static int device_probe_drivers(void *data)
  *
  *      Walk the list of drivers that the bus has and call
  *      driver_probe_device() for each pair. If a compatible
- *      pair is found, break out and return. If the bus specifies
- *      multithreaded probing, walking the list of drivers is done
- *      on a probing thread.
+ *      pair is found, break out and return.
  *
  *      Returns 1 if the device was bound to a driver;
- *      0 if no matching device was found or multithreaded probing is done;
+ *      0 if no matching device was found;
  *      -ENODEV if the device is not registered.
  *
  *      When called for a USB interface, @dev->parent->sem must be held.
@@ -239,7 +237,6 @@ static int device_probe_drivers(void *data)
 int device_attach(struct device * dev)
 {
         int ret = 0;
-        struct task_struct *probe_task = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         down(&dev->sem);
         if (dev->driver) {
@@ -251,12 +248,7 @@ int device_attach(struct device * dev)
                         ret = 0;
                 }
         } else {
-                if (dev->bus->multithread_probe)
-                        probe_task = kthread_run(device_probe_drivers, dev,
-                                                 "probe-%s", dev->bus_id);
-                if(IS_ERR(probe_task))
-                        ret = bus_for_each_drv(dev->bus, NULL, dev,
-                                               __device_attach);
+                ret = bus_for_each_drv(dev->bus, NULL, dev, __device_attach);
         }
         up(&dev->sem);
         return ret;
@@ -383,33 +375,6 @@ void driver_detach(struct device_driver * drv)
         }
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE
-static int __init wait_for_probes(void)
-{
-        DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
-
-        printk(KERN_INFO "%s: waiting for %d threads\n", __FUNCTION__,
-                        atomic_read(&probe_count));
-        if (!atomic_read(&probe_count))
-                return 0;
-        while (atomic_read(&probe_count)) {
-                prepare_to_wait(&probe_waitqueue, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-                if (atomic_read(&probe_count))
-                        schedule();
-        }
-        finish_wait(&probe_waitqueue, &wait);
-        return 0;
-}
-
-core_initcall_sync(wait_for_probes);
-postcore_initcall_sync(wait_for_probes);
-arch_initcall_sync(wait_for_probes);
-subsys_initcall_sync(wait_for_probes);
-fs_initcall_sync(wait_for_probes);
-device_initcall_sync(wait_for_probes);
-late_initcall_sync(wait_for_probes);
-#endif
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_bind_driver);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_release_driver);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_attach);
diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
index 70efe8f285a6..7a1d6d512837 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
@@ -21,31 +21,6 @@ config PCI_MSI
 
            If you don't know what to do here, say N.
 
-config PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE
-        bool "PCI Multi-threaded probe (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-        depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
-        help
-          Say Y here if you want the PCI core to spawn a new thread for
-          every PCI device that is probed.  This can cause a huge
-          speedup in boot times on multiprocessor machines, and even a
-          smaller speedup on single processor machines.
-
-          But it can also cause lots of bad things to happen.  A number
-          of PCI drivers cannot properly handle running in this way,
-          some will just not work properly at all, while others might
-          decide to blow up power supplies with a huge load all at once,
-          so use this option at your own risk.
-
-          It is very unwise to use this option if you are not using a
-          boot process that can handle devices being created in any
-          order.  A program that can create persistent block and network
-          device names (like udev) is a good idea if you wish to use
-          this option.
-
-          Again, use this option at your own risk, you have been warned!
-
-          When in doubt, say N.
-
 config PCI_DEBUG
         bool "PCI Debugging"
         depends on PCI && DEBUG_KERNEL
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index 07fdb3cd6172..3bb7739d26a5 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -14,20 +14,6 @@
 #include "pci.h"
 
 /*
- *  Registration of PCI drivers and handling of hot-pluggable devices.
- */
-
-/* multithreaded probe logic */
-static int pci_multithread_probe =
-#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE
-        1;
-#else
-        0;
-#endif
-__module_param_call("", pci_multithread_probe, param_set_bool, param_get_bool, &pci_multithread_probe, 0644);
-
-
-/*
  * Dynamic device IDs are disabled for !CONFIG_HOTPLUG
  */
 
@@ -569,7 +555,6 @@ struct bus_type pci_bus_type = {
 
 static int __init pci_driver_init(void)
 {
-        pci_bus_type.multithread_probe = pci_multithread_probe;
         return bus_register(&pci_bus_type);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index a0cd2ced31a9..ff83b61d283d 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ struct bus_type {
         int (*resume)(struct device * dev);
 
         unsigned int drivers_autoprobe:1;
-        unsigned int multithread_probe:1;
 };
 
 extern int __must_check bus_register(struct bus_type * bus);