@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ struct iucv_array {
extern const struct bus_type iucv_bus;
extern struct device *iucv_root;
+struct device_driver;
+
+struct device *iucv_alloc_device(const struct attribute_group **attrs,
+ struct device_driver *driver, void *priv,
+ const char *fmt, ...) __printf(4, 5);
+
/*
* struct iucv_path
* pathid: 16 bit path identification
@@ -76,6 +76,41 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iucv_bus);
struct device *iucv_root;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iucv_root);
+static void iucv_release_device(struct device *device)
+{
+ kfree(device);
+}
+
+struct device *iucv_alloc_device(const struct attribute_group **attrs,
+ struct device_driver *driver,
+ void *priv, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ struct device *dev;
+ va_list vargs;
+ int rc;
+
+ dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!dev)
+ goto out_error;
+ va_start(vargs, fmt);
+ rc = dev_set_name(dev, fmt, vargs);
+ va_end(vargs);
+ if (rc)
+ goto out_error;
+ dev->bus = &iucv_bus;
+ dev->parent = iucv_root;
+ dev->driver = driver;
+ dev->groups = attrs;
+ dev->release = iucv_release_device;
+ dev_set_drvdata(dev, priv);
+ return dev;
+
+out_error:
+ kfree(dev);
+ return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iucv_alloc_device);
+
static int iucv_available;
/* General IUCV interrupt structure */
Provide iucv_alloc_device() and iucv_release_device() helper functions, which can be used to deduplicate more or less identical IUCV device allocation and release code in four different drivers. Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> --- include/net/iucv/iucv.h | 6 ++++++ net/iucv/iucv.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)