On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 08:04:07PM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote: > +/** > + * struct mic_device - MIC device information for each card. > + * > + * @name: Unique name for this MIC device. > + * @mmio: MMIO bar information. > + * @pdev: The PCI device structure. > + * @family: The MIC family to which this device belongs. > + * @ops: MIC HW specific operations. > + * @id: The unique device id for this MIC device. > + * @stepping: Stepping ID. > + * @attr_group: Sysfs attribute group. > + * @sdev: Device for sysfs entries. > + * @aper: Aperture bar information. > + */ > +struct mic_device { > + char name[20]; The name can be in the struct device (it should be the same, right?) > + struct mic_mw mmio; > + struct pci_dev *pdev; Isn't this just the parent of the device? Do you really need this? > + enum mic_hw_family family; > + struct mic_hw_ops *ops; > + int id; > + enum mic_stepping stepping; > + struct attribute_group attr_group; Shouldn't this be a pointer to a list of groups? > + struct device *sdev; Shouldn't this be embedded inside here, instead of a pointer? > + struct mic_mw aper; > +}; > +/** > + * struct mic_info - Global information about all MIC devices. > + * > + * @next_id: Next available MIC device id. > + * @mic_class: Class of MIC devices for sysfs accessibility. > + * @mdev_id: Base device node number. > + */ > +struct mic_info { > + int next_id; Please use the idr interface, don't roll your own, odds are you got it wrong, and I don't want to have to debug it :( > + struct class *mic_class; Isn't this a global symbol that you have (or static symbol). There should never be more than one "class" around for these devices. > + dev_t mdev_id; > +}; > + > +/* g_mic - Global information about all MIC devices. */ > +static struct mic_info g_mic; See, one class :) > +/** > + * mic_probe - Device Initialization Routine > + * > + * @pdev: PCI device structure > + * @ent: entry in mic_pci_tbl > + * > + * returns 0 on success, < 0 on failure. > + */ > +static int __init mic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, > + const struct pci_device_id *ent) > +{ > + int rc; > + struct mic_device *mdev; > + char name[20]; > + > + rc = g_mic.next_id++; No locking, please use the idr interface... > + > + snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "mic%d", rc); > + mdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*mdev), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!mdev) { > + rc = -ENOMEM; > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dev kmalloc failed rc %d\n", rc); > + goto dec_num_dev; > + } > + strncpy(mdev->name, name, sizeof(name)); > + mdev->id = rc; > + > + mic_device_init(mdev, pdev); > + > + rc = pci_enable_device(pdev); > + if (rc) { > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to enable pci device.\n"); > + goto free_device; > + } > + > + pci_set_master(pdev); > + > + rc = pci_request_regions(pdev, mic_driver_name); > + if (rc) { > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get pci regions.\n"); > + goto disable_device; > + } > + > + rc = pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)); > + if (rc) { > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot set DMA mask\n"); > + goto release_regions; > + } > + > + mdev->mmio.pa = pci_resource_start(pdev, mdev->ops->mmio_bar); > + mdev->mmio.len = pci_resource_len(pdev, mdev->ops->mmio_bar); > + mdev->mmio.va = pci_ioremap_bar(pdev, mdev->ops->mmio_bar); > + if (!mdev->mmio.va) { > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot remap MMIO BAR\n"); > + rc = -EIO; > + goto release_regions; > + } > + > + mdev->aper.pa = pci_resource_start(pdev, mdev->ops->aper_bar); > + mdev->aper.len = pci_resource_len(pdev, mdev->ops->aper_bar); > + mdev->aper.va = ioremap_wc(mdev->aper.pa, mdev->aper.len); > + if (!mdev->aper.va) { > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot remap Aperture BAR\n"); > + rc = -EIO; > + goto unmap_mmio; > + } > + > + mdev->ops->init(mdev); > + > + pci_set_drvdata(pdev, mdev); > + > + mdev->sdev = device_create(g_mic.mic_class, &pdev->dev, > + MKDEV(MAJOR(g_mic.mdev_id), mdev->id), NULL, "%s", mdev->name); > + if (IS_ERR(mdev->sdev)) { > + rc = PTR_ERR(mdev->sdev); > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "device_create failed rc %d\n", rc); > + goto unmap_aper; > + } > + > + rc = sysfs_create_group(&mdev->sdev->kobj, &mdev->attr_group); We now have a function you should use instead, device_create_with_groups() that solves the race condition you just caused here by creating and notifying userspace that the device is present, _before_ creating the sysfs files for it. > + if (rc) { > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "sysfs_create_group failed rc %d\n", rc); > + goto destroy_device; > + } > + dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Probe successful for %s\n", mdev->name); Useless noise, remove it. > + return 0; > +destroy_device: > + device_destroy(g_mic.mic_class, MKDEV(MAJOR(g_mic.mdev_id), mdev->id)); > +unmap_aper: > + iounmap(mdev->mmio.va); > +unmap_mmio: > + iounmap(mdev->aper.va); > +release_regions: > + pci_release_regions(pdev); > +disable_device: > + pci_disable_device(pdev); > +free_device: > + kfree(mdev); > +dec_num_dev: > + g_mic.next_id--; > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Probe failed rc %d\n", rc); > + return rc; > +} > + > +/** > + * mic_remove - Device Removal Routine > + * mic_remove is called by the PCI subsystem to alert the driver > + * that it should release a PCI device. > + * > + * @pdev: PCI device structure > + */ > +static void mic_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev) > +{ > + struct mic_device *mdev; > + int id; > + > + mdev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev); > + if (!mdev) > + return; > + > + id = mdev->id; > + > + sysfs_remove_group(&mdev->sdev->kobj, &mdev->attr_group); No need to do this as: > + device_destroy(g_mic.mic_class, MKDEV(MAJOR(g_mic.mdev_id), mdev->id)); Will do it for you if you make the changes above. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization