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@@ -155,22 +155,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_port_unregister_devices);
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* ide_unregister - free an IDE interface
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* @hwif: IDE interface
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*
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- * Perform the final unregister of an IDE interface. At the moment
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- * we don't refcount interfaces so this will also get split up.
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+ * Perform the final unregister of an IDE interface.
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*
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* Locking:
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- * The caller must not hold the IDE locks
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- * The drive present/vanishing is not yet properly locked
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- * Take care with the callbacks. These have been split to avoid
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- * deadlocking the IDE layer. The shutdown callback is called
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- * before we take the lock and free resources. It is up to the
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- * caller to be sure there is no pending I/O here, and that
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- * the interface will not be reopened (present/vanishing locking
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- * isn't yet done BTW). After we commit to the final kill we
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- * call the cleanup callback with the ide locks held.
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+ * The caller must not hold the IDE locks.
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*
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- * Unregister restores the hwif structures to the default state.
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- * This is raving bonkers.
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+ * It is up to the caller to be sure there is no pending I/O here,
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+ * and that the interface will not be reopened (present/vanishing
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+ * locking isn't yet done BTW).
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*/
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void ide_unregister(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
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