Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mdio_bus: implement devm_mdiobus_alloc/devm_mdiobus_free

From: Sergei Shtylyov
Date: Fri Apr 18 2014 - 13:52:25 EST


On 04/18/2014 09:24 PM, Grygorii Strashko wrote:

Add a resource managed devm_mdiobus_alloc()/devm_mdiobus_free()
to automatically clean up MDIO bus alocations made by MDIO drivers,
thus leading to simplified MDIO drivers code.

Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>
[...]

index 76f54b3..6412beb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
@@ -69,6 +69,74 @@ struct mii_bus *mdiobus_alloc_size(size_t size)
[...]
+/**
+ * devm_mdiobus_alloc - Resource-managed mdiobus_alloc_size()
+ * @dev: Device to allocate mii_bus for
+ * @sizeof_priv: Space to allocate for private structure.
+ *
+ * Managed mdiobus_alloc_size. mii_bus allocated with this function is
+ * automatically freed on driver detach.
+ *
+ * If an mii_bus allocated with this function needs to be freed separately,
+ * devm_mdiobus_free() must be used.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * Pointer to allocated mii_bus on success, NULL on failure.
+ */
+struct mii_bus *devm_mdiobus_alloc(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv)
+{
+ struct mii_bus **ptr, *bus;
+
+ ptr = devres_alloc(_devm_mdiobus_free, sizeof(*ptr),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!ptr)
+ return NULL;
+
+ /* use raw alloc_dr for kmalloc caller tracing */
+ bus = mdiobus_alloc_size(sizeof_priv);

Since the wrapped function is called mdiobus_alloc_size(), not mdiobus_alloc(), perhaps it's better to call the wrapper devm_mdiobus_alloc_size()?

WBR, Sergei

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