On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:32:47AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: <snip> > > } > > - rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(majordev), 0), 1); > > + rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, MKDEV(major, 0), 1); > > This should just be: > > rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, majordev, 1); > > So here is my suggestion: > > [patch 1] delete dead code I mentioned in my previous email. > This deletes "registered" and the (MAJOR(majordev) >= 0) check. that was initially my first patch. > > [patch 2] pass majordev to visorchipset_file_cleanup() > This lets you delete the "majordev" global. > > [patch 3] small cleanup in visorchipset_file_init() > > - rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(majordev), 0), 1); > + rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, majordev, 1); and i can also include the removal of that global variable in this 3rd patch. thanks.. after Greg's review i was thinking i understood the code wrong. but then will this be a v2 or a whole new series? regards sudip > > There are several other ways you could break it up but do something like > that. > > regards, > dan carpenter > _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel