linux-kernel - [PATCH] uacce: make uacce

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Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:49:59 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-accelerators@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>,
        Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [PATCH] uacce: make uacce_class constant

Now that the driver core allows for struct class to be in read-only
memory, we should make all 'class' structures declared at build time
placing them into read-only memory, instead of having to be dynamically
allocated at runtime.

Cc: Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>
Cc: Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: linux-accelerators@...ts.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/misc/uacce/uacce.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/uacce/uacce.c b/drivers/misc/uacce/uacce.c
index 930c252753a0..bdc2e6fda782 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/uacce/uacce.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/uacce/uacce.c
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/uacce.h>
 
-static struct class *uacce_class;
 static dev_t uacce_devt;
 static DEFINE_XARRAY_ALLOC(uacce_xa);
 
+static const struct class uacce_class = {
+	.name = UACCE_NAME,
+};
+
 /*
  * If the parent driver or the device disappears, the queue state is invalid and
  * ops are not usable anymore.
@@ -530,7 +533,7 @@ struct uacce_device *uacce_alloc(struct device *parent,
 	mutex_init(&uacce->mutex);
 	device_initialize(&uacce->dev);
 	uacce->dev.devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(uacce_devt), uacce->dev_id);
-	uacce->dev.class = uacce_class;
+	uacce->dev.class = &uacce_class;
 	uacce->dev.groups = uacce_dev_groups;
 	uacce->dev.parent = uacce->parent;
 	uacce->dev.release = uacce_release;
@@ -623,13 +626,13 @@ static int __init uacce_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	uacce_class = class_create(UACCE_NAME);
-	if (IS_ERR(uacce_class))
-		return PTR_ERR(uacce_class);
+	ret = class_register(&uacce_class);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&uacce_devt, 0, MINORMASK, UACCE_NAME);
 	if (ret)
-		class_destroy(uacce_class);
+		class_unregister(&uacce_class);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -637,7 +640,7 @@ static int __init uacce_init(void)
 static __exit void uacce_exit(void)
 {
 	unregister_chrdev_region(uacce_devt, MINORMASK);
-	class_destroy(uacce_class);
+	class_unregister(&uacce_class);
 }
 
 subsys_initcall(uacce_init);
-- 
2.42.0