[PATCH] mtdcore: Infrastructure for the device release API

[Martin Habets]

This API adds a cleanup callback for the user of an MTD device.
Normally they will have allocated the mtd_info structure, and using
this callback they can free that memory when the last reference is
dropped.

CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE can be used to detect users that free
the memory too early.

Signed-off-by: Martin Habets <mhabets at solarflare.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c   |    7 ++++---
 include/linux/mtd/mtd.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 1517da3ddd7d..c36752206edc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(mtd_notifiers);

 #define MTD_DEVT(index) MKDEV(MTD_CHAR_MAJOR, (index)*2)

-/* REVISIT once MTD uses the driver model better, whoever allocates
- * the mtd_info will probably want to use the release() hook...
- */
+/* Whoever allocates the mtd_info should populate the release() hook. */
 static void mtd_release(struct device *dev)
 {
        struct mtd_info *mtd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
@@ -106,6 +104,9 @@ static void mtd_release(struct device *dev)

        /* remove /dev/mtdXro node */
        device_destroy(&mtd_class, index + 1);
+
+       if (mtd->_release)
+               (mtd->_release)(mtd);
 }

 static ssize_t mtd_type_show(struct device *dev,
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index 79b176eca04a..e61c30ac8fb6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ struct mtd_info {
        int (*_suspend) (struct mtd_info *mtd);
        void (*_resume) (struct mtd_info *mtd);
        void (*_reboot) (struct mtd_info *mtd);
+       void (*_release) (struct mtd_info *mtd);
        /*
         * If the driver is something smart, like UBI, it may need to maintain
         * its own reference counting. The below functions are only for driver.

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