From: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx> It is easy to read code if it is cleanly using paired function/naming, like start <-> stop, register <-> unregister, etc, etc. But, current ALSA SoC code is very random, unbalance, not paired, etc. soc-core.c is using device_unregiser(), but there is no its paired device_regiser(). We can find its code at soc_post_component_init() which is using device_initialize() and device_add(). Here, device_initialize() + device_add() = device_register(). -- linux/drivers/base/core.c -- int device_register(struct device *dev) { device_initialize(dev); return device_add(dev); } device_initialize() is doing each dev member's initialization only, not related to device parent/release/groups. Thus, we can postpone it. let's use device_register() instead of device_initialize()/device_add(). Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ranjani Sridharan <ranjani.sridharan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2 -> v3 - add Ranjani's Reviewed-by sound/soc/soc-core.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c index b3f820f..b3d02e7 100644 --- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c +++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c @@ -1354,7 +1354,6 @@ static int soc_post_component_init(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd, rtd->dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device), GFP_KERNEL); if (!rtd->dev) return -ENOMEM; - device_initialize(rtd->dev); rtd->dev->parent = rtd->card->dev; rtd->dev->release = rtd_release; rtd->dev->groups = soc_dev_attr_groups; @@ -1364,7 +1363,7 @@ static int soc_post_component_init(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd, INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtd->dpcm[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].be_clients); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtd->dpcm[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].fe_clients); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtd->dpcm[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].fe_clients); - ret = device_add(rtd->dev); + ret = device_register(rtd->dev); if (ret < 0) { /* calling put_device() here to free the rtd->dev */ put_device(rtd->dev); -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel