[PATCH v3 06/16] tpm-chip: utilize new cdev_device_add helper function

Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Mon Mar 6 21:31:38 PST 2017


On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 11:04:26PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 12:04:22AM -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> > Replace the open coded registration of the cdev and dev with the
> > new device_add_cdev() helper. The helper replaces a common pattern by
> > taking the proper reference against the parent device and adding both
> > the cdev and the device.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang at deltatee.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe at obsidianresearch.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 19 +++----------------
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
> > index c406343..935f0e9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
> > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
> > @@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_chip_alloc(struct device *pdev,
> >  
> >  	cdev_init(&chip->cdev, &tpm_fops);
> >  	chip->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
> > -	chip->cdev.kobj.parent = &chip->dev.kobj;
> >  
> >  	return chip;
> >  
> > @@ -230,27 +229,16 @@ static int tpm_add_char_device(struct tpm_chip *chip)
> >  {
> >  	int rc;
> >  
> > -	rc = cdev_add(&chip->cdev, chip->dev.devt, 1);
> > +	rc = cdev_device_add(&chip->cdev, &chip->dev);
> >  	if (rc) {
> >  		dev_err(&chip->dev,
> > -			"unable to cdev_add() %s, major %d, minor %d, err=%d\n",
> > +			"unable to cdev_device_add() %s, major %d, minor %d, err=%d\n",
> >  			dev_name(&chip->dev), MAJOR(chip->dev.devt),
> >  			MINOR(chip->dev.devt), rc);
> >  
> >  		return rc;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	rc = device_add(&chip->dev);
> > -	if (rc) {
> > -		dev_err(&chip->dev,
> > -			"unable to device_register() %s, major %d, minor %d, err=%d\n",
> > -			dev_name(&chip->dev), MAJOR(chip->dev.devt),
> > -			MINOR(chip->dev.devt), rc);
> > -
> > -		cdev_del(&chip->cdev);
> > -		return rc;
> > -	}
> > -
> >  	/* Make the chip available. */
> >  	mutex_lock(&idr_lock);
> >  	idr_replace(&dev_nums_idr, chip, chip->dev_num);
> > @@ -261,8 +249,7 @@ static int tpm_add_char_device(struct tpm_chip *chip)
> >  
> >  static void tpm_del_char_device(struct tpm_chip *chip)
> >  {
> > -	cdev_del(&chip->cdev);
> > -	device_del(&chip->dev);
> > +	cdev_device_del(&chip->cdev, &chip->dev);
> >  
> >  	/* Make the chip unavailable. */
> >  	mutex_lock(&idr_lock);
> > -- 
> > 2.1.4
> > 
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen at linux.intel.com>
> 
> I cannot test this at this point as security tree does not include
> the commit that is dependent on this. I'm also wondering if this
> commit is even going through my tree to upstream?

I can take it all at once through my tree.

thanks,

greg k-h



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