[PATCH 3/5] scsi: cxlflash: make cxlflash_class constant

From: Ricardo B. Marliere
Date: Sat Mar 02 2024 - 11:48:43 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 cxlflash_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/cxlflash/main.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
index debd36974119..e8382cc5cf23 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Manoj N. Kumar <manoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Matthew R. Ochs <mrochs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

-static struct class *cxlflash_class;
+static char *cxlflash_devnode(const struct device *dev, umode_t *mode);
+static const struct class cxlflash_class = {
+ .name = "cxlflash",
+ .devnode = cxlflash_devnode,
+};
+
static u32 cxlflash_major;
static DECLARE_BITMAP(cxlflash_minor, CXLFLASH_MAX_ADAPTERS);

@@ -3602,7 +3607,7 @@ static int init_chrdev(struct cxlflash_cfg *cfg)
goto err1;
}

- char_dev = device_create(cxlflash_class, NULL, devno,
+ char_dev = device_create(&cxlflash_class, NULL, devno,
NULL, "cxlflash%d", minor);
if (IS_ERR(char_dev)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(char_dev);
@@ -3880,14 +3885,12 @@ static int cxlflash_class_init(void)

cxlflash_major = MAJOR(devno);

- cxlflash_class = class_create("cxlflash");
- if (IS_ERR(cxlflash_class)) {
- rc = PTR_ERR(cxlflash_class);
+ rc = class_register(&cxlflash_class);
+ if (rc) {
pr_err("%s: class_create failed rc=%d\n", __func__, rc);
goto err;
}

- cxlflash_class->devnode = cxlflash_devnode;
out:
pr_debug("%s: returning rc=%d\n", __func__, rc);
return rc;
@@ -3903,7 +3906,7 @@ static void cxlflash_class_exit(void)
{
dev_t devno = MKDEV(cxlflash_major, 0);

- class_destroy(cxlflash_class);
+ class_unregister(&cxlflash_class);
unregister_chrdev_region(devno, CXLFLASH_MAX_ADAPTERS);
}


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