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

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6:
  klist: fix coding style errors in klist.h and klist.c
  driver core: remove no longer used "struct class_device"
  pcmcia: remove pccard_sysfs_interface warnings
  devres: support addresses greater than an unsigned long via dev_ioremap
  kobject: do not copy vargs, just pass them around
  sysfs: sysfs_update_group stub for CONFIG_SYSFS=n
  DEBUGFS: Correct location of debugfs API documentation.
  driver core: warn about duplicate driver names on the same bus
  klist: implement klist_add_{after|before}()
  klist: implement KLIST_INIT() and DEFINE_KLIST()
  sysfs: Disallow truncation of files in sysfs

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 9a6537f1440..2ef5acf4368 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -217,12 +217,22 @@ static void driver_remove_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
 int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
 {
 	int ret;
+	struct device_driver *other;
 
 	if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) ||
 	    (drv->bus->remove && drv->remove) ||
 	    (drv->bus->shutdown && drv->shutdown))
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Driver '%s' needs updating - please use "
 			"bus_type methods\n", drv->name);
+
+	other = driver_find(drv->name, drv->bus);
+	if (other) {
+		put_driver(other);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Error: Driver '%s' is already registered, "
+			"aborting...\n", drv->name);
+		return -EEXIST;
+	}
+
 	ret = bus_add_driver(drv);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;