mutex_lock(&s->ops_mutex);
                list_del(&p_dev->socket_device_list);
-               p_dev->_removed = 1;
                mutex_unlock(&s->ops_mutex);
 
                dev_dbg(&p_dev->dev, "unregistering device\n");
 
 static void pcmcia_requery(struct pcmcia_socket *s)
 {
-       int present, has_pfc;
-
-       mutex_lock(&s->ops_mutex);
-       present = s->pcmcia_state.present;
-       mutex_unlock(&s->ops_mutex);
-
-       if (!present)
-               return;
+       int has_pfc;
 
        if (s->functions == 0) {
                pcmcia_card_add(s);
 
        switch (event) {
        case CS_EVENT_CARD_REMOVAL:
-               mutex_lock(&s->ops_mutex);
-               s->pcmcia_state.present = 0;
-               mutex_unlock(&s->ops_mutex);
+               atomic_set(&skt->present, 0);
                pcmcia_card_remove(skt, NULL);
                handle_event(skt, event);
                mutex_lock(&s->ops_mutex);
                break;
 
        case CS_EVENT_CARD_INSERTION:
+               atomic_set(&skt->present, 1);
                mutex_lock(&s->ops_mutex);
                s->pcmcia_state.has_pfc = 0;
-               s->pcmcia_state.present = 1;
                destroy_cis_cache(s); /* to be on the safe side... */
                mutex_unlock(&s->ops_mutex);
                pcmcia_card_add(skt);
     return 0;
 } /* ds_event */
 
-
+/*
+ * NOTE: This is racy. There's no guarantee the card will still be
+ * physically present, even if the call to this function returns
+ * non-NULL. Furthermore, the device driver most likely is unbound
+ * almost immediately, so the timeframe where pcmcia_dev_present
+ * returns NULL is probably really really small.
+ */
 struct pcmcia_device *pcmcia_dev_present(struct pcmcia_device *_p_dev)
 {
        struct pcmcia_device *p_dev;
        if (!p_dev)
                return NULL;
 
-       mutex_lock(&p_dev->socket->ops_mutex);
-       if (!p_dev->socket->pcmcia_state.present)
-               goto out;
+       if (atomic_read(&p_dev->socket->present) != 0)
+               ret = p_dev;
 
-       if (p_dev->socket->pcmcia_state.dead)
-               goto out;
-
-       if (p_dev->_removed)
-               goto out;
-
-       if (p_dev->suspended)
-               goto out;
-
-       ret = p_dev;
- out:
-       mutex_unlock(&p_dev->socket->ops_mutex);
        pcmcia_put_dev(p_dev);
        return ret;
 }
                return ret;
        }
 
+       atomic_set(&socket->present, 0);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
        if (!socket)
                return;
 
-       mutex_lock(&socket->ops_mutex);
-       socket->pcmcia_state.dead = 1;
-       mutex_unlock(&socket->ops_mutex);
-
        pccard_register_pcmcia(socket, NULL);
 
        /* unregister any unbound devices */
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <pcmcia/ss.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
 
 /*
  * PCMCIA device drivers (16-bit cards only; 32-bit cards require CardBus
        config_req_t            conf;
        window_handle_t         win;
 
-       /* Is the device suspended, or in the process of
-        * being removed? */
+       /* Is the device suspended? */
        u16                     suspended:1;
-       u16                     _removed:1;
 
        /* Flags whether io, irq, win configurations were
         * requested, and whether the configuration is "locked" */
        u16                     has_card_id:1;
        u16                     has_func_id:1;
 
-       u16                     reserved:3;
+       u16                     reserved:4;
 
        u8                      func_id;
        u16                     manf_id;