1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index 2a0c670c281d..adf937bf4091 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -209,6 +209,25 @@ static ssize_t print_cpus_offline(struct device *dev,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(offline, 0444, print_cpus_offline, NULL);
 
+static void cpu_device_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+        /*
+         * This is an empty function to prevent the driver core from spitting a
+         * warning at us.  Yes, I know this is directly opposite of what the
+         * documentation for the driver core and kobjects say, and the author
+         * of this code has already been publically ridiculed for doing
+         * something as foolish as this.  However, at this point in time, it is
+         * the only way to handle the issue of statically allocated cpu
+         * devices.  The different architectures will have their cpu device
+         * code reworked to properly handle this in the near future, so this
+         * function will then be changed to correctly free up the memory held
+         * by the cpu device.
+         *
+         * Never copy this way of doing things, or you too will be made fun of
+         * on the linux-kerenl list, you have been warned.
+         */
+}
+
 /*
  * register_cpu - Setup a sysfs device for a CPU.
  * @cpu - cpu->hotpluggable field set to 1 will generate a control file in
@@ -222,8 +241,10 @@ int __cpuinit register_cpu(struct cpu *cpu, int num)
         int error;
 
         cpu->node_id = cpu_to_node(num);
+        memset(&cpu->dev, 0x00, sizeof(struct device));
         cpu->dev.id = num;
         cpu->dev.bus = &cpu_subsys;
+        cpu->dev.release = cpu_device_release;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_AUTOPROBE
         cpu->dev.bus->uevent = arch_cpu_uevent;
 #endif