Hi Hans, On Sunday 01 August 2010 13:14:18 Hans Verkuil wrote: > On Thursday 29 July 2010 18:06:34 Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > The media_devnode structure provides support for registering and > > unregistering character devices using a dynamic major number. Reference > > counting is handled internally, making device drivers easier to write > > without having to solve the open/disconnect race condition issue over > > and over again. > > > > The code is based on video/v4l2-dev.c. > > > > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > > > drivers/media/Makefile | 8 +- > > drivers/media/media-devnode.c | 326 > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/media/media-devnode.h > > | 84 +++++++++++ > > 3 files changed, 416 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > create mode 100644 drivers/media/media-devnode.c > > create mode 100644 include/media/media-devnode.h > > <snip> > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c > > b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c new file mode 100644 > > index 0000000..6f5558c > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c > > <snip> > > > +/* Override for the open function */ > > +static int media_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) > > +{ > > + struct media_devnode *mdev; > > + int ret; > > + > > + /* Check if the media device is available. This needs to be done with > > + * the media_devnode_lock held to prevent an open/unregister race: > > + * without the lock, the device could be unregistered and freed between > > + * the media_devnode_is_registered() and get_device() calls, leading to > > + * a crash. > > + */ > > + mutex_lock(&media_devnode_lock); > > + mdev = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct media_devnode, cdev); > > + /* return ENODEV if the media device has been removed > > + already or if it is not registered anymore. */ > > + if (!media_devnode_is_registered(mdev)) { > > + mutex_unlock(&media_devnode_lock); > > + return -ENODEV; > > + } > > + /* and increase the device refcount */ > > + get_device(&mdev->dev); > > + mutex_unlock(&media_devnode_lock); > > + if (mdev->fops->open) { > > + ret = mdev->fops->open(filp); > > + if (ret) { > > + put_device(&mdev->dev); > > + return ret; > > + } > > + } > > + > > + filp->private_data = mdev; > > This line should be moved up to before the if: that way the open op can > rely on private_data being setup correctly. Agreed, I'll fix that. > > + return 0; > > +} -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html