Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: (76 commits)
  ide: use proper printk() KERN_* levels in ide-probe.c
  ide: fix for EATA SCSI HBA in ATA emulating mode
  ide: remove stale comments from drivers/ide/Makefile
  ide: enable local IRQs in all handlers for TASKFILE_NO_DATA data phase
  ide-scsi: remove kmalloced struct request
  ht6560b: remove old history
  ht6560b: update email address
  ide-cd: fix oops when using growisofs
  gayle: release resources on ide_host_add() failure
  palm_bk3710: add UltraDMA/100 support
  ide: trivial sparse annotations
  ide: ide-tape.c sparse annotations and unaligned access removal
  ide: drop 'name' parameter from ->init_chipset method
  ide: prefix messages from IDE PCI host drivers by driver name
  it821x: remove DECLARE_ITE_DEV() macro
  it8213: remove DECLARE_ITE_DEV() macro
  ide: include PCI device name in messages from IDE PCI host drivers
  ide: remove <asm/ide.h> for some archs
  ide-generic: remove ide_default_{io_base,irq}() inlines (take 3)
  ide-generic: is no longer needed on ppc32
  ...

1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 60f0ca66aa93..772451600e4d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -618,6 +618,53 @@ set_val:
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_ide_ioctl);
 
+/**
+ * ide_device_get	-	get an additional reference to a ide_drive_t
+ * @drive:	device to get a reference to
+ *
+ * Gets a reference to the ide_drive_t and increments the use count of the
+ * underlying LLDD module.
+ */
+int ide_device_get(ide_drive_t *drive)
+{
+	struct device *host_dev;
+	struct module *module;
+
+	if (!get_device(&drive->gendev))
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	host_dev = drive->hwif->host->dev[0];
+	module = host_dev ? host_dev->driver->owner : NULL;
+
+	if (module && !try_module_get(module)) {
+		put_device(&drive->gendev);
+		return -ENXIO;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_device_get);
+
+/**
+ * ide_device_put	-	release a reference to a ide_drive_t
+ * @drive:	device to release a reference on
+ *
+ * Release a reference to the ide_drive_t and decrements the use count of
+ * the underlying LLDD module.
+ */
+void ide_device_put(ide_drive_t *drive)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
+	struct device *host_dev = drive->hwif->host->dev[0];
+	struct module *module = host_dev ? host_dev->driver->owner : NULL;
+
+	if (module)
+		module_put(module);
+#endif
+	put_device(&drive->gendev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_device_put);
+
 static int ide_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 {
 	return 1;