linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] scsi_debug: Convert to use root_device_register() and root_device

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Date:	Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:13:42 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
Cc:	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>,
	Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@...il.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scsi_debug: Convert to use root_device_register() and
 root_device_unregister()

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 04:59:11PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> From: Nicholas Bellinger <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
> 
> Hi Dough and Co,
> 
> This patch updates the scsi_debug virtual LLD to use root_device_register()
> and root_device_unregister() from include/linux/device.h instead of device_register()
> and device_unregister() respectively within scsi_debug_init() and scsi_debug_exit()
> This simply involved converting the static struct device pseudo_primary into a
> pointer that is setup by the call to root_device_register().
> 
> This patch also contains the correct IS_ERR() conditional check of
> root_device_register() from within scsi_debug_init().
> 
> Thanks to Richard Sharpe and Dmitry Torokhov for their help with this item.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c |   27 +++++++++------------------
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
> index b02bdc6..86d483e 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
> @@ -3207,23 +3207,14 @@ static void do_remove_driverfs_files(void)
>  	driver_remove_file(&sdebug_driverfs_driver, &driver_attr_add_host);
>  }
>  
> -static void pseudo_0_release(struct device *dev)
> -{
> -	if (SCSI_DEBUG_OPT_NOISE & scsi_debug_opts)
> -		printk(KERN_INFO "scsi_debug: pseudo_0_release() called\n");
> -}
> -
> -static struct device pseudo_primary = {
> -	.init_name	= "pseudo_0",
> -	.release	= pseudo_0_release,
> -};
> +struct device *pseudo_primary;
>  
>  static int __init scsi_debug_init(void)
>  {
>  	unsigned long sz;
>  	int host_to_add;
>  	int k;
> -	int ret;
> +	int ret = 0;

Please drop this chunk, it is not needed and is dangerous WRT future
changes to the file as I explained earlier.

-- 
Dmitry
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