[PATCH 1/3] staging: vme: change static device array to pointers
Martyn Welch
martyn.welch at ge.com
Wed Sep 7 07:43:13 UTC 2011
On 01/09/11 10:15, Manohar Vanga wrote:
> Change the static array of 'struct device''s in struct vme_bridge
> to instead use an array of pointers. This is in accordance with the
> requirement that all kobjects be dynamically allocated (see
> Documentation/kobject.txt) and never be statically allocated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga at cern.ch>
Acked-by: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch at ge.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/vme/vme.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
> drivers/staging/vme/vme_bridge.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme/vme.c b/drivers/staging/vme/vme.c
> index feb2d00..810fe1f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vme/vme.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vme/vme.c
> @@ -1338,6 +1338,11 @@ static void vme_remove_bus(struct vme_bridge *bridge)
> mutex_unlock(&vme_buses_lock);
> }
>
> +static void vme_dev_release(struct device *dev)
> +{
> + kfree(dev);
> +}
> +
> int vme_register_bridge(struct vme_bridge *bridge)
> {
> struct device *dev;
> @@ -1353,11 +1358,17 @@ int vme_register_bridge(struct vme_bridge *bridge)
> * specification.
> */
> for (i = 0; i < VME_SLOTS_MAX; i++) {
> - dev = &bridge->dev[i];
> + bridge->dev[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!bridge->dev[i]) {
> + retval = -ENOMEM;
> + goto err_devalloc;
> + }
> + dev = bridge->dev[i];
> memset(dev, 0, sizeof(struct device));
>
> dev->parent = bridge->parent;
> dev->bus = &vme_bus_type;
> + dev->release = vme_dev_release;
> /*
> * We save a pointer to the bridge in platform_data so that we
> * can get to it later. We keep driver_data for use by the
> @@ -1374,8 +1385,10 @@ int vme_register_bridge(struct vme_bridge *bridge)
> return retval;
>
> err_reg:
> + kfree(dev);
> +err_devalloc:
> while (--i >= 0) {
> - dev = &bridge->dev[i];
> + dev = bridge->dev[i];
> device_unregister(dev);
> }
> vme_remove_bus(bridge);
> @@ -1390,7 +1403,7 @@ void vme_unregister_bridge(struct vme_bridge *bridge)
>
>
> for (i = 0; i < VME_SLOTS_MAX; i++) {
> - dev = &bridge->dev[i];
> + dev = bridge->dev[i];
> device_unregister(dev);
> }
> vme_remove_bus(bridge);
> @@ -1427,7 +1440,7 @@ static int vme_calc_slot(struct device *dev)
> /* Determine slot number */
> num = 0;
> while (num < VME_SLOTS_MAX) {
> - if (&bridge->dev[num] == dev)
> + if (bridge->dev[num] == dev)
> break;
>
> num++;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme/vme_bridge.h b/drivers/staging/vme/vme_bridge.h
> index 8959670..4b8566e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vme/vme_bridge.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vme/vme_bridge.h
> @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ struct vme_bridge {
> void *driver_priv; /* Private pointer for the bridge driver */
> struct list_head bus_list; /* list of VME buses */
>
> - struct device dev[VME_SLOTS_MAX]; /* Device registered with
> + struct device *dev[VME_SLOTS_MAX]; /* Device registered with
> * device model on VME bus
> */
>
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