Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc

[powerpc.git] / drivers / base / platform.c

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 30480f6..17b5ece 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -292,20 +292,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add);
  *     @pdev:  platform device we're removing
  *
  *     Note that this function will also release all memory- and port-based
- *     resources owned by the device (@dev->resource).
+ *     resources owned by the device (@dev->resource).  This function
+ *     must _only_ be externally called in error cases.  All other usage
+ *     is a bug.
  */
 void platform_device_del(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
        int i;
 
        if (pdev) {
+               device_del(&pdev->dev);
+
                for (i = 0; i < pdev->num_resources; i++) {
                        struct resource *r = &pdev->resource[i];
                        if (r->flags & (IORESOURCE_MEM|IORESOURCE_IO))
                                release_resource(r);
                }
-
-               device_del(&pdev->dev);
        }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_del);