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Message-ID: <9573ec63-a8d6-4c69-a70b-9095838d521d@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:16:55 +0200
From: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxl: make cxl_class constant
On 24/10/2023 13:48, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
Thanks!
Acked-by: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>
Fred
> drivers/misc/cxl/file.c | 21 ++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c
> index 144d1f2d78ce..012e11b959bc 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c
> @@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
>
> static dev_t cxl_dev;
>
> -static struct class *cxl_class;
> -
> static int __afu_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, bool master)
> {
> struct cxl *adapter;
> @@ -559,7 +557,10 @@ static char *cxl_devnode(const struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
> return kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "cxl/%s", dev_name(dev));
> }
>
> -extern struct class *cxl_class;
> +static const struct class cxl_class = {
> + .name = "cxl",
> + .devnode = cxl_devnode,
> +};
>
> static int cxl_add_chardev(struct cxl_afu *afu, dev_t devt, struct cdev *cdev,
> struct device **chardev, char *postfix, char *desc,
> @@ -575,7 +576,7 @@ static int cxl_add_chardev(struct cxl_afu *afu, dev_t devt, struct cdev *cdev,
> return rc;
> }
>
> - dev = device_create(cxl_class, &afu->dev, devt, afu,
> + dev = device_create(&cxl_class, &afu->dev, devt, afu,
> "afu%i.%i%s", afu->adapter->adapter_num, afu->slice, postfix);
> if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
> rc = PTR_ERR(dev);
> @@ -633,14 +634,14 @@ void cxl_chardev_afu_remove(struct cxl_afu *afu)
>
> int cxl_register_afu(struct cxl_afu *afu)
> {
> - afu->dev.class = cxl_class;
> + afu->dev.class = &cxl_class;
>
> return device_register(&afu->dev);
> }
>
> int cxl_register_adapter(struct cxl *adapter)
> {
> - adapter->dev.class = cxl_class;
> + adapter->dev.class = &cxl_class;
>
> /*
> * Future: When we support dynamically reprogramming the PSL & AFU we
> @@ -678,13 +679,11 @@ int __init cxl_file_init(void)
>
> pr_devel("CXL device allocated, MAJOR %i\n", MAJOR(cxl_dev));
>
> - cxl_class = class_create("cxl");
> - if (IS_ERR(cxl_class)) {
> + rc = class_register(&cxl_class);
> + if (rc) {
> pr_err("Unable to create CXL class\n");
> - rc = PTR_ERR(cxl_class);
> goto err;
> }
> - cxl_class->devnode = cxl_devnode;
>
> return 0;
>
> @@ -696,5 +695,5 @@ int __init cxl_file_init(void)
> void cxl_file_exit(void)
> {
> unregister_chrdev_region(cxl_dev, CXL_NUM_MINORS);
> - class_destroy(cxl_class);
> + class_unregister(&cxl_class);
> }
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