This patch initializes input_no by -1 in order to avoid extra subtraction operation performed everytime for allocation of an input device. Signed-off-by: Aniroop Mathur <aniroop.mathur@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/input.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c index 29ca0bb..01fe49e 100644 --- a/drivers/input/input.c +++ b/drivers/input/input.c @@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(input_class); */ struct input_dev *input_allocate_device(void) { - static atomic_t input_no = ATOMIC_INIT(0); + static atomic_t input_no = ATOMIC_INIT(-1); struct input_dev *dev; dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct input_dev), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ struct input_dev *input_allocate_device(void) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->node); dev_set_name(&dev->dev, "input%ld", - (unsigned long) atomic_inc_return(&input_no) - 1); + (unsigned long) atomic_inc_return(&input_no)); __module_get(THIS_MODULE); } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html