[PATCH] mtd: Remove the last of the inter_module calls from mtd.
Eric W. Biederman
ebiederm at xmission.com
Tue Jul 11 00:38:08 EDT 2006
David before you removed the intermodule code from mtd
I had worked up a similar but slightly more comprehensive patch.
Unfortunately I got distracted before I could push it out
of my tree.
I now have a spare minute and it looks like there
is still some value in the remainder of my patch.
It makes the code some simpler and removes
the modular vs non-modular special case.
I have some concerns about the code size of symbol_request
as it is always expanded inline but someone else
can optimize that. Using it is a clear win for code
simplicity.
The rules for using weak symbols.
- You must refer to the symbol by name.
- You must pair symbol_get/symbol_put or their equivalents
to get the module counts right. For mtd I used
symbol_request and symbol_put_addr.
- When using symbol_request you don't care what
module a symbol is in, as modprobe figures
that out for you, by looking in modules.symbols.
- The symbol must be exported from the module
or you can't see it.
So very simply: modified the module probe routines
to call symbol_request, and later symbol_put_addr.
I modified the modules to export their probe routines.
Everywhere the inter_module code was killed.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm at xmission.com>
---
drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c | 12 +++----
drivers/mtd/chips/gen_probe.c | 62 +++++++++++------------------------
include/linux/mtd/cfi.h | 1 -
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c
index fae70a5..b04a3ba 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ static void cfi_tell_features(struct cfi
}
#endif
-/* This routine is made available to other mtd code via
- * inter_module_register. It must only be accessed through
- * inter_module_get which will bump the use count of this module. The
- * addresses passed back in cfi are valid as long as the use count of
- * this module is non-zero, i.e. between inter_module_get and
- * inter_module_put. Keith Owens <kaos at ocs.com.au> 29 Oct 2000.
+/* This routine is made available to other mtd as a weak symbol.
+ * It must only be accessed with symbol_get which will bump the
+ * use count of this module. Once the probe function is complete
+ * it is safe to call symbol_put, as the probe function will have
+ * increased it's module count if successful.
+ * Eric Biederman <ebiederm at xmission.com> 11 April 2006.
*/
struct mtd_info *cfi_cmdset_0020(struct map_info *map, int primary)
{
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/gen_probe.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/gen_probe.c
index cdb0f59..8b3b462 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/gen_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/gen_probe.c
@@ -201,65 +201,41 @@ extern cfi_cmdset_fn_t cfi_cmdset_0001;
extern cfi_cmdset_fn_t cfi_cmdset_0002;
extern cfi_cmdset_fn_t cfi_cmdset_0020;
-static inline struct mtd_info *cfi_cmdset_unknown(struct map_info *map,
- int primary)
-{
- struct cfi_private *cfi = map->fldrv_priv;
- __u16 type = primary?cfi->cfiq->P_ID:cfi->cfiq->A_ID;
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
- char probename[16+sizeof(MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX)];
- cfi_cmdset_fn_t *probe_function;
-
- sprintf(probename, MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX "cfi_cmdset_%4.4X", type);
-
- probe_function = __symbol_get(probename);
- if (!probe_function) {
- request_module(probename + sizeof(MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX) - 1);
- probe_function = __symbol_get(probename);
- }
-
- if (probe_function) {
- struct mtd_info *mtd;
-
- mtd = (*probe_function)(map, primary);
- /* If it was happy, it'll have increased its own use count */
- symbol_put_addr(probe_function);
- return mtd;
- }
-#endif
- printk(KERN_NOTICE "Support for command set %04X not present\n", type);
-
- return NULL;
-}
-
static struct mtd_info *check_cmd_set(struct map_info *map, int primary)
{
struct cfi_private *cfi = map->fldrv_priv;
__u16 type = primary?cfi->cfiq->P_ID:cfi->cfiq->A_ID;
+ cfi_cmdset_fn_t *probe_function = NULL;
+ struct mtd_info *mtd = NULL;
if (type == P_ID_NONE || type == P_ID_RESERVED)
return NULL;
switch(type){
- /* We need these for the !CONFIG_MODULES case,
- because symbol_get() doesn't work there */
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_CFI_INTELEXT
case 0x0001:
case 0x0003:
case 0x0200:
- return cfi_cmdset_0001(map, primary);
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_CFI_AMDSTD
+ probe_function = symbol_request(cfi_cmdset_0001);
+ break;
case 0x0002:
- return cfi_cmdset_0002(map, primary);
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_CFI_STAA
+ probe_function = symbol_request(cfi_cmdset_0002);
+ break;
case 0x0020:
- return cfi_cmdset_0020(map, primary);
-#endif
+ probe_function = symbol_request(cfi_cmdset_0020);
+ break;
default:
- return cfi_cmdset_unknown(map, primary);
+ printk(KERN_NOTICE "Support for command set %04X not implemented\n",
+ type);
+ break;
}
+ if (probe_function) {
+ mtd = (*probe_function)(map, primary);
+
+ /* If it was happy, it will have increased its own use count */
+ symbol_put_addr(probe_function);
+ }
+
+ return mtd;
}
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h b/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h
index 09bfae6..a372b06 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ struct cfi_private {
int mfr, id;
int numchips;
unsigned long chipshift; /* Because they're of the same type */
- const char *im_name; /* inter_module name for cmdset_setup */
struct flchip chips[0]; /* per-chip data structure for each chip */
};
--
1.4.1.gac83a
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