firewire: fix "kobject_add failed for fw* with -EEXIST"
There is a race between shutdown and creation of devices: fw-core may
attempt to add a device with the same name of an already existing
device. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9828
Impact of the bug: Happens rarely (when shutdown of a device coincides
with creation of another), forces the user to unplug and replug the new
device to get it working.
The fix is obvious: Free the minor number *after* instead of *before*
device_unregister(). This requires to take an additional reference of
the fw_device as long as the IDR tree points to it.
And while we are at it, we fix an additional race condition:
fw_device_op_open() took its reference of the fw_device a little bit too
late, hence was in danger to access an already invalid fw_device.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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