This patch moves the initialization of the idr structure towards the end of the module's init routine. This keeps the code compact and eliminates the need of having to call ida_destroy() in case the function exits with an exception. Signed-off-by: Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c index db6f458..3864009 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c +++ b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c @@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ static int __init mod_init(void) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&channel_list); spin_lock_init(&ch_list_lock); - ida_init(&minor_id); err = alloc_chrdev_region(&aim_devno, 0, 50, "cdev"); if (err < 0) @@ -521,6 +520,7 @@ static int __init mod_init(void) err = most_register_aim(&cdev_aim); if (err) goto dest_class; + ida_init(&minor_id); return 0; dest_class: -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel