[PATCH 1/2] lguest: do not statically allocate root device

From: Mark McLoughlin
Date: Mon Dec 08 2008 - 06:57:19 EST


Apparently we shouldn't be statically allocating the root device
object, so dynamically allocate it instead.

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
index b02f6bc..40fa973 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
@@ -321,10 +321,42 @@ static struct virtio_config_ops lguest_config_ops = {

/* The root device for the lguest virtio devices. This makes them appear as
* /sys/devices/lguest/0,1,2 not /sys/devices/0,1,2. */
-static struct device lguest_root = {
- .parent = NULL,
- .bus_id = "lguest",
-};
+static struct device *lguest_root;
+
+static void lguest_release_root(struct device *root)
+{
+ kfree(root);
+}
+
+static int lguest_init_root(void)
+{
+ struct device *root;
+ int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+ root = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (root == NULL)
+ goto out;
+
+ err = dev_set_name(root, "lguest");
+ if (err)
+ goto free_root;
+
+ err = device_register(root);
+ if (err)
+ goto free_root;
+
+ root->parent = NULL;
+ root->release = lguest_release_root;
+
+ lguest_root = root;
+
+ return 0;
+
+free_root:
+ kfree(root);
+out:
+ return err;
+}

/*D:120 This is the core of the lguest bus: actually adding a new device.
* It's a separate function because it's neater that way, and because an
@@ -351,7 +383,7 @@ static void add_lguest_device(struct lguest_device_desc *d,
}

/* This devices' parent is the lguest/ dir. */
- ldev->vdev.dev.parent = &lguest_root;
+ ldev->vdev.dev.parent = lguest_root;
/* We have a unique device index thanks to the dev_index counter. */
ldev->vdev.id.device = d->type;
/* We have a simple set of routines for querying the device's
@@ -407,7 +439,7 @@ static int __init lguest_devices_init(void)
if (strcmp(pv_info.name, "lguest") != 0)
return 0;

- if (device_register(&lguest_root) != 0)
+ if (lguest_init_root() != 0)
panic("Could not register lguest root");

/* Devices are in a single page above top of "normal" mem */
--
1.5.4.3

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