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authorIvan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@gmail.com>2023-06-20 16:37:02 +0200
committerCorey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>2023-06-20 09:49:08 -0500
commit392fa3a3abdb03105c8767b7fb176bc8793349f5 (patch)
tree745c2bd9c8668349ae00f4a228f088389fe3675c /drivers/char
parentb8d72e32e1453d37ee5c8a219f24e7eeadc471ef (diff)
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ipmi: make ipmi_class a static const structure
Now that the driver core allows for struct class to be in read-only memory, move the ipmi_class structure to be declared at build time placing it into read-only memory, instead of having to be dynamically allocated at boot time. Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Cc: openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Message-Id: <20230620143701.577657-2-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c24
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index 73e5a9e28f85..332082e02ea5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -807,7 +807,9 @@ struct ipmi_reg_list {
static LIST_HEAD(reg_list);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(reg_list_mutex);
-static struct class *ipmi_class;
+static const struct class ipmi_class = {
+ .name = "ipmi",
+};
static void ipmi_new_smi(int if_num, struct device *device)
{
@@ -822,7 +824,7 @@ static void ipmi_new_smi(int if_num, struct device *device)
entry->dev = dev;
mutex_lock(&reg_list_mutex);
- device_create(ipmi_class, device, dev, NULL, "ipmi%d", if_num);
+ device_create(&ipmi_class, device, dev, NULL, "ipmi%d", if_num);
list_add(&entry->link, &reg_list);
mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
}
@@ -840,7 +842,7 @@ static void ipmi_smi_gone(int if_num)
break;
}
}
- device_destroy(ipmi_class, dev);
+ device_destroy(&ipmi_class, dev);
mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
}
@@ -860,15 +862,13 @@ static int __init init_ipmi_devintf(void)
pr_info("ipmi device interface\n");
- ipmi_class = class_create("ipmi");
- if (IS_ERR(ipmi_class)) {
- pr_err("ipmi: can't register device class\n");
- return PTR_ERR(ipmi_class);
- }
+ rv = class_register(&ipmi_class);
+ if (rv)
+ return rv;
rv = register_chrdev(ipmi_major, DEVICE_NAME, &ipmi_fops);
if (rv < 0) {
- class_destroy(ipmi_class);
+ class_unregister(&ipmi_class);
pr_err("ipmi: can't get major %d\n", ipmi_major);
return rv;
}
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static int __init init_ipmi_devintf(void)
rv = ipmi_smi_watcher_register(&smi_watcher);
if (rv) {
unregister_chrdev(ipmi_major, DEVICE_NAME);
- class_destroy(ipmi_class);
+ class_unregister(&ipmi_class);
pr_warn("ipmi: can't register smi watcher\n");
return rv;
}
@@ -895,11 +895,11 @@ static void __exit cleanup_ipmi(void)
mutex_lock(&reg_list_mutex);
list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, entry2, &reg_list, link) {
list_del(&entry->link);
- device_destroy(ipmi_class, entry->dev);
+ device_destroy(&ipmi_class, entry->dev);
kfree(entry);
}
mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
- class_destroy(ipmi_class);
+ class_unregister(&ipmi_class);
ipmi_smi_watcher_unregister(&smi_watcher);
unregister_chrdev(ipmi_major, DEVICE_NAME);
}