[PATCH 9/9] gpiolib: dynamically allocate descriptors array

Alexandre Courbot acourbot at nvidia.com
Sat Feb 2 11:29:32 EST 2013


Allocate the GPIO descriptor's memory dynamically when GPIO chips are
added instead of using the static gpio_desc[] array. gpio_desc[] is now
totally unused and therefore removed.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot at nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 0247c48..893cf94 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #define	extra_checks	0
 #endif
 
-/* gpio_lock prevents conflicts during gpio_desc[] table updates.
+/* gpio_lock prevents conflicts during gpio descriptors updates.
  * While any GPIO is requested, its gpio_chip is not removable;
  * each GPIO's "requested" flag serves as a lock and refcount.
  */
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ struct gpio_desc {
 	const char		*label;
 #endif
 };
-static struct gpio_desc gpio_desc[ARCH_NR_GPIOS];
 
 #define GPIO_OFFSET_VALID(chip, offset) (offset >= 0 && offset < chip->ngpio)
 
@@ -1163,6 +1162,13 @@ int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	chip->desc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct gpio_desc) * chip->ngpio,
+			     GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!chip->desc) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags);
 
 	if (base < 0) {
@@ -1177,8 +1183,6 @@ int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 	status = gpiochip_add_to_list(chip);
 
 	if (status == 0) {
-		chip->desc = &gpio_desc[chip->base];
-
 		for (id = 0; id < chip->ngpio; id++) {
 			struct gpio_desc *desc = &chip->desc[id];
 			desc->chip = chip;
@@ -1218,6 +1222,8 @@ unlock:
 
 	return 0;
 fail:
+	kfree(chip->desc);
+
 	/* failures here can mean systems won't boot... */
 	pr_err("gpiochip_add: gpios %d..%d (%s) failed to register\n",
 		chip->base, chip->base + chip->ngpio - 1,
@@ -1261,6 +1267,8 @@ int gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 	if (status == 0)
 		gpiochip_unexport(chip);
 
+	kfree(chip->desc);
+
 	return status;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_remove);
-- 
1.8.1.1




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