@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ static inline void mips_mt_set_cpuoptions(void) { }
#endif
struct class;
-extern struct class *mt_class;
+extern const struct class mt_class;
#endif /* __ASM_MIPS_MT_H */
@@ -229,19 +229,13 @@ void mips_mt_set_cpuoptions(void)
}
}
-struct class *mt_class;
+const struct class mt_class = {
+ .name = "mt",
+};
static int __init mips_mt_init(void)
{
- struct class *mtc;
-
- mtc = class_create("mt");
- if (IS_ERR(mtc))
- return PTR_ERR(mtc);
-
- mt_class = mtc;
-
- return 0;
+ return class_register(&mt_class);
}
subsys_initcall(mips_mt_init);
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ int __init rtlx_module_init(void)
atomic_set(&channel_wqs[i].in_open, 0);
mutex_init(&channel_wqs[i].mutex);
- dev = device_create(mt_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), NULL,
+ dev = device_create(&mt_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), NULL,
"%s%d", RTLX_MODULE_NAME, i);
if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
while (i--)
- device_destroy(mt_class, MKDEV(major, i));
+ device_destroy(&mt_class, MKDEV(major, i));
err = PTR_ERR(dev);
goto out_chrdev;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int __init rtlx_module_init(void)
out_class:
for (i = 0; i < RTLX_CHANNELS; i++)
- device_destroy(mt_class, MKDEV(major, i));
+ device_destroy(&mt_class, MKDEV(major, i));
out_chrdev:
unregister_chrdev(major, RTLX_MODULE_NAME);
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void __exit rtlx_module_exit(void)
int i;
for (i = 0; i < RTLX_CHANNELS; i++)
- device_destroy(mt_class, MKDEV(major, i));
+ device_destroy(&mt_class, MKDEV(major, i));
unregister_chrdev(major, RTLX_MODULE_NAME);
Since commit 43a7206b0963 ("driver core: class: make class_register() take a const *"), the driver core allows for struct class to be in read-only memory, so move the mt_class structure to be declared at build time placing it into read-only memory, instead of having to be dynamically allocated at boot time. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@marliere.net> --- KTODO: use device_register instead of device_create? --- arch/mips/include/asm/mips_mt.h | 2 +- arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt.c | 14 ++++---------- arch/mips/kernel/rtlx-mt.c | 8 ++++---- 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)