There is no need to dynamically create and destroy the class_pktcdvd structure, just make it static and remove the memory allocation logic which simplifies and cleans up the logic a lot. Cc: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Note, I would like to take this through my driver-core tree as it is needed for other struct class cleanup work I have done and am continuing to do there. drivers/block/pktcdvd.c | 40 ++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c index ba9bbdef9ef5..79af8a59142e 100644 --- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c +++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c @@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ static struct mutex ctl_mutex; /* Serialize open/close/setup/teardown */ static mempool_t psd_pool; static struct bio_set pkt_bio_set; -static struct class *class_pktcdvd = NULL; /* /sys/class/pktcdvd */ +/* /sys/class/pktcdvd */ +static struct class class_pktcdvd; static struct dentry *pkt_debugfs_root = NULL; /* /sys/kernel/debug/pktcdvd */ /* forward declaration */ @@ -315,8 +316,8 @@ static const struct attribute_group *pkt_groups[] = { static void pkt_sysfs_dev_new(struct pktcdvd_device *pd) { - if (class_pktcdvd) { - pd->dev = device_create_with_groups(class_pktcdvd, NULL, + if (class_is_registered(&class_pktcdvd)) { + pd->dev = device_create_with_groups(&class_pktcdvd, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), pd, pkt_groups, "%s", pd->name); if (IS_ERR(pd->dev)) @@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ static void pkt_sysfs_dev_new(struct pktcdvd_device *pd) static void pkt_sysfs_dev_remove(struct pktcdvd_device *pd) { - if (class_pktcdvd) + if (class_is_registered(&class_pktcdvd)) device_unregister(pd->dev); } @@ -338,11 +339,6 @@ static void pkt_sysfs_dev_remove(struct pktcdvd_device *pd) device_map show mappings *******************************************************************/ -static void class_pktcdvd_release(struct class *cls) -{ - kfree(cls); -} - static ssize_t device_map_show(const struct class *c, const struct class_attribute *attr, char *data) { @@ -405,35 +401,23 @@ static struct attribute *class_pktcdvd_attrs[] = { }; ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(class_pktcdvd); +static struct class class_pktcdvd = { + .name = DRIVER_NAME, + .class_groups = class_pktcdvd_groups, +}; + static int pkt_sysfs_init(void) { - int ret = 0; - /* * create control files in sysfs * /sys/class/pktcdvd/... */ - class_pktcdvd = kzalloc(sizeof(*class_pktcdvd), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!class_pktcdvd) - return -ENOMEM; - class_pktcdvd->name = DRIVER_NAME; - class_pktcdvd->class_release = class_pktcdvd_release; - class_pktcdvd->class_groups = class_pktcdvd_groups; - ret = class_register(class_pktcdvd); - if (ret) { - kfree(class_pktcdvd); - class_pktcdvd = NULL; - pr_err("failed to create class pktcdvd\n"); - return ret; - } - return 0; + return class_register(&class_pktcdvd); } static void pkt_sysfs_cleanup(void) { - if (class_pktcdvd) - class_destroy(class_pktcdvd); - class_pktcdvd = NULL; + class_unregister(&class_pktcdvd); } /******************************************************************** -- 2.40.0