On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 01:35:01PM +0530, Arun Murthy wrote:
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/printk.h>
> +#include <linux/modem_shm/modem.h>
> +
> +static struct class *modem_class;
What's wrong with a bus_type instead?
> +static int __modem_is_requested(struct device *dev, void *data)
> +{
> + struct modem_desc *mdesc = (struct modem_desc *)data;
> +
> + if (!mdesc->mclients) {
> + printk(KERN_ERR "modem_access: modem description is NULL\n");
> + return 0;
> + }
> + return atomic_read(&mdesc->mclients->cnt);
> +}
> +
> +int modem_is_requested(struct modem_desc *mdesc)
> +{
> + return class_for_each_device(modem_class, NULL, (void *)mdesc, __modem_is_requested);
> +}
Where is the documentation for your public api functions like this?
> +
> +int modem_release(struct modem_desc *mdesc)
> +{
> + if (!mdesc->release)
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + if (modem_is_requested(mdesc)) {
> + atomic_dec(&mdesc->mclients->cnt);
> + if (atomic_read(&mdesc->use_cnt) == 1) {
> + mdesc->release(mdesc);
> + atomic_dec(&mdesc->use_cnt);
> + }
Eeek, why aren't you using the built-in reference counting that the
struct device provided to you, and instead are rolling your own? This
happens in many places, why?
greg k-h
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