Don't statically allocate struct device's in modules, and shut the warning up with an empty release() function. There's a reason that warning is there and that's not for people to hide in this way. It's there to persuade people to use the correct APIs to allocate platform devices. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/ixp4xx_crypto.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ixp4xx_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/ixp4xx_crypto.c index 21180d6..8306185 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/ixp4xx_crypto.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/ixp4xx_crypto.c @@ -218,23 +218,10 @@ static dma_addr_t crypt_phys; static int support_aes = 1; -static void dev_release(struct device *dev) -{ - return; -} - #define DRIVER_NAME "ixp4xx_crypto" -static struct platform_device pseudo_dev = { - .name = DRIVER_NAME, - .id = 0, - .num_resources = 0, - .dev = { - .coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32), - .release = dev_release, - } -}; -static struct device *dev = &pseudo_dev.dev; +static struct platform_device *pdev; +static struct device *dev; static inline dma_addr_t crypt_virt2phys(struct crypt_ctl *virt) { @@ -1418,20 +1405,30 @@ static struct ixp_alg ixp4xx_algos[] = { } }; #define IXP_POSTFIX "-ixp4xx" + +static const struct platform_device_info ixp_dev_info __initdata = { + .name = DRIVER_NAME, + .id = 0, + .dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32), +}; + static int __init ixp_module_init(void) { int num = ARRAY_SIZE(ixp4xx_algos); - int i,err ; + int i, err ; - if (platform_device_register(&pseudo_dev)) - return -ENODEV; + pdev = platform_device_register_full(&ixp_dev_info); + if (IS_ERR(pdev)) + return PTR_ERR(pdev); + + dev = &pdev->dev; spin_lock_init(&desc_lock); spin_lock_init(&emerg_lock); err = init_ixp_crypto(); if (err) { - platform_device_unregister(&pseudo_dev); + platform_device_unregister(pdev); return err; } for (i=0; i< num; i++) { @@ -1496,7 +1493,7 @@ static void __exit ixp_module_exit(void) crypto_unregister_alg(&ixp4xx_algos[i].crypto); } release_ixp_crypto(); - platform_device_unregister(&pseudo_dev); + platform_device_unregister(pdev); } module_init(ixp_module_init); -- 1.7.4.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html