On 25.09.20 21:11, Dan Williams wrote: > Towards removing the mode specific @dax_kmem_res attribute from the > generic 'struct dev_dax', and preparing for multi-range support, move > resource name tracking to driver data. The memory for the resource name > needs to have its own lifetime separate from the device bind lifetime > for cases where the driver is unbound, but the kmem range could not be > unplugged from the page allocator. > > Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Jia He <justin.he@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/dax/kmem.c | 16 +++++++++------- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/dax/kmem.c b/drivers/dax/kmem.c > index b0d6a99cf12d..6fe2cb1c5f7c 100644 > --- a/drivers/dax/kmem.c > +++ b/drivers/dax/kmem.c > @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *dev) > struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev); > struct range range = dax_kmem_range(dev_dax); > struct resource *new_res; > - const char *new_res_name; > + char *res_name; I wonder why that change ... > int numa_node; > int rc; > > @@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *dev) > return -EINVAL; > } > > - new_res_name = kstrdup(dev_name(dev), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!new_res_name) > + res_name = kstrdup(dev_name(dev), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!res_name) > return -ENOMEM; > > /* Region is permanently reserved if hotremove fails. */ > - new_res = request_mem_region(range.start, range_len(&range), new_res_name); > + new_res = request_mem_region(range.start, range_len(&range), res_name); > if (!new_res) { > dev_warn(dev, "could not reserve region [%#llx-%#llx]\n", range.start, range.end); > - kfree(new_res_name); > + kfree(res_name); > return -EBUSY; > } > > @@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *dev) > if (rc) { > release_resource(new_res); > kfree(new_res); > - kfree(new_res_name); > + kfree(res_name); > return rc; > } > + > + dev_set_drvdata(dev, res_name); > dev_dax->dax_kmem_res = new_res; > > return 0; > @@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ static int dev_dax_kmem_remove(struct device *dev) > struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev); > struct range range = dax_kmem_range(dev_dax); > struct resource *res = dev_dax->dax_kmem_res; > - const char *res_name = res->name; > + const char *res_name = dev_get_drvdata(dev); ... because here you're back to "const". > int rc; > > /* > I do wonder if it wouldn't all be easier to just have some struct { const char *res_name; struct resource *res; }; allocating that and storing it as drvdata. But let's see what the next patch brings :) -- Thanks, David / dhildenb