Re: [PATCH 18/79] device create: macintosh: convert device_createto device_create_drvdata

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Tue Jul 22 2008 - 18:00:32 EST


On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 22:18 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> device_create() is race-prone, so use the race-free
> device_create_drvdata() instead as device_create() is going away.

Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/macintosh/adb.c | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/adb.c b/drivers/macintosh/adb.c
> index e5d4468..cae5248 100644
> --- a/drivers/macintosh/adb.c
> +++ b/drivers/macintosh/adb.c
> @@ -862,7 +862,8 @@ adbdev_init(void)
> adb_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "adb");
> if (IS_ERR(adb_dev_class))
> return;
> - device_create(adb_dev_class, NULL, MKDEV(ADB_MAJOR, 0), "adb");
> + device_create_drvdata(adb_dev_class, NULL, MKDEV(ADB_MAJOR, 0), NULL,
> + "adb");
>
> platform_device_register(&adb_pfdev);
> platform_driver_probe(&adb_pfdrv, adb_dummy_probe);

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