Re: [RFC v2 08/17] media-device: Make devnode.dev->kobj parent of devnode.cdev

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On 08/19/2016 12:23 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> The struct cdev embedded in struct media_devnode contains its own kobj.
> Instead of trying to manage its lifetime separately from struct
> media_devnode, make the cdev kobj a parent of the struct media_device.dev
> kobj.
> 
> The cdev will thus be released during unregistering the media_devnode, not
> in media_devnode.dev kobj's release callback.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/media/media-devnode.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
> index aa8030b..69f84a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
> @@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ static void media_devnode_release(struct device *cd)
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&media_devnode_lock);
>  
> -	/* Delete the cdev on this minor as well */
> -	cdev_del(&devnode->cdev);
> -
>  	/* Mark device node number as free */
>  	clear_bit(devnode->minor, media_devnode_nums);
>  
> @@ -246,6 +243,7 @@ int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *devnode,
>  
>  	/* Part 2: Initialize and register the character device */
>  	cdev_init(&devnode->cdev, &media_devnode_fops);
> +	devnode->cdev.kobj.parent = &devnode->dev.kobj;
>  	devnode->cdev.owner = owner;
>  
>  	ret = cdev_add(&devnode->cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(media_dev_t), devnode->minor), 1);
> @@ -291,6 +289,7 @@ void media_devnode_unregister(struct media_devnode *devnode)
>  	clear_bit(MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED, &devnode->flags);
>  	mutex_unlock(&media_devnode_lock);
>  	device_unregister(&devnode->dev);
> +	cdev_del(&devnode->cdev);

Are you sure about this order? Shouldn't cdev_del be called first?

The register() calls cdev_add() before device_add(), so I would expect the
reverse order here. This is also what cec-core.c does.

Regards,

	Hans

>  }
>  
>  /*
> 
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