[PATCH 2/5] scsi: pmcraid: make pmcraid_class constant

From: Ricardo B. Marliere
Date: Sat Mar 02 2024 - 11:48:25 EST


Since commit 43a7206b0963 ("driver core: class: make class_register() take
a const *"), the driver core allows for struct class to be in read-only
memory, so move the pmcraid_class structure to be declared at build time
placing it into read-only memory, instead of having to be dynamically
allocated at boot time.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
index e8bcc3a88732..0614b7e366b7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ static atomic_t pmcraid_adapter_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
* pmcraid_minor - minor number(s) to use
*/
static unsigned int pmcraid_major;
-static struct class *pmcraid_class;
+static const struct class pmcraid_class = {
+ .name = PMCRAID_DEVFILE,
+};
static DECLARE_BITMAP(pmcraid_minor, PMCRAID_MAX_ADAPTERS);

/*
@@ -4723,7 +4725,7 @@ static int pmcraid_setup_chrdev(struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance)
if (error)
pmcraid_release_minor(minor);
else
- device_create(pmcraid_class, NULL, MKDEV(pmcraid_major, minor),
+ device_create(&pmcraid_class, NULL, MKDEV(pmcraid_major, minor),
NULL, "%s%u", PMCRAID_DEVFILE, minor);
return error;
}
@@ -4739,7 +4741,7 @@ static int pmcraid_setup_chrdev(struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance)
static void pmcraid_release_chrdev(struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance)
{
pmcraid_release_minor(MINOR(pinstance->cdev.dev));
- device_destroy(pmcraid_class,
+ device_destroy(&pmcraid_class,
MKDEV(pmcraid_major, MINOR(pinstance->cdev.dev)));
cdev_del(&pinstance->cdev);
}
@@ -5390,10 +5392,10 @@ static int __init pmcraid_init(void)
}

pmcraid_major = MAJOR(dev);
- pmcraid_class = class_create(PMCRAID_DEVFILE);

- if (IS_ERR(pmcraid_class)) {
- error = PTR_ERR(pmcraid_class);
+ error = class_register(&pmcraid_class);
+
+ if (error) {
pmcraid_err("failed to register with sysfs, error = %x\n",
error);
goto out_unreg_chrdev;
@@ -5402,7 +5404,7 @@ static int __init pmcraid_init(void)
error = pmcraid_netlink_init();

if (error) {
- class_destroy(pmcraid_class);
+ class_unregister(&pmcraid_class);
goto out_unreg_chrdev;
}

@@ -5413,7 +5415,7 @@ static int __init pmcraid_init(void)

pmcraid_err("failed to register pmcraid driver, error = %x\n",
error);
- class_destroy(pmcraid_class);
+ class_unregister(&pmcraid_class);
pmcraid_netlink_release();

out_unreg_chrdev:
@@ -5432,7 +5434,7 @@ static void __exit pmcraid_exit(void)
unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(pmcraid_major, 0),
PMCRAID_MAX_ADAPTERS);
pci_unregister_driver(&pmcraid_driver);
- class_destroy(pmcraid_class);
+ class_unregister(&pmcraid_class);
}

module_init(pmcraid_init);

--
2.43.0