On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 08:53:42AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 01:31:00AM +0100, Lino Sanfilippo wrote: > > > > +static int tpm_add_tpm2_char_device(struct tpm_chip *chip) BTW, this naming is crap. - 2x tpm - char is useless -> tpm2_add_device > > +{ > > + int rc; > > + > > + device_initialize(&chip->devs); > > + chip->devs.parent = chip->dev.parent; > > + chip->devs.class = tpmrm_class; > > + > > + rc = dev_set_name(&chip->devs, "tpmrm%d", chip->dev_num); > > + if (rc) > > + goto out_put_devs; Right, and empty line missing here. > > + /* > > + * get extra reference on main device to hold on behalf of devs. > > + * This holds the chip structure while cdevs is in use. The > > + * corresponding put is in the tpm_devs_release. > > + */ > > + get_device(&chip->dev); > > + chip->devs.release = tpm_devs_release; > > + chip->devs.devt = > > + MKDEV(MAJOR(tpm_devt), chip->dev_num + TPM_NUM_DEVICES); Isn't this less than 100 chars? > > + cdev_init(&chip->cdevs, &tpmrm_fops); > > + chip->cdevs.owner = THIS_MODULE; > > + > > + rc = cdev_device_add(&chip->cdevs, &chip->devs); > > + if (rc) { > > + dev_err(&chip->devs, > > + "unable to cdev_device_add() %s, major %d, minor %d, err=%d\n", > > + dev_name(&chip->devs), MAJOR(chip->devs.devt), > > + MINOR(chip->devs.devt), rc); > > + goto out_put_devs; > > + } > > + > > + return 0; > > + > > +out_put_devs: > > + put_device(&chip->devs); > > I'd rather you organize this so chip->devs.release and the get_device > is always sent instead of having the possiblity for a put_device that > doesn't call release /Jarkko