pps: change pps_gen_class to a const struct

The class_create() call has been deprecated in favor of class_register()
as the driver core now allows for a struct class to be in read-only
memory. Change pps_gen_class to be a const struct class and drop the
class_create() call.

Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@enneenne.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302142436.3292766-1-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/pps/generators/pps_gen.c b/drivers/pps/generators/pps_gen.c
index 7143c003366c..5e207c75e340 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/generators/pps_gen.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/generators/pps_gen.c
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
  */
 
 static dev_t pps_gen_devt;
-static struct class *pps_gen_class;
+static const struct class pps_gen_class = {
+	.name		= "pps-gen",
+	.dev_groups	= pps_gen_groups
+};
 
 static DEFINE_IDA(pps_gen_ida);
 
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ static int pps_gen_register_cdev(struct pps_gen_device *pps_gen)
 				MAJOR(pps_gen_devt), pps_gen->id);
 		goto free_ida;
 	}
-	pps_gen->dev = device_create(pps_gen_class, pps_gen->info->parent, devt,
+	pps_gen->dev = device_create(&pps_gen_class, pps_gen->info->parent, devt,
 				     pps_gen, "pps-gen%d", pps_gen->id);
 	if (IS_ERR(pps_gen->dev)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(pps_gen->dev);
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ free_ida:
 static void pps_gen_unregister_cdev(struct pps_gen_device *pps_gen)
 {
 	pr_debug("unregistering pps-gen%d\n", pps_gen->id);
-	device_destroy(pps_gen_class, pps_gen->dev->devt);
+	device_destroy(&pps_gen_class, pps_gen->dev->devt);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -307,7 +310,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pps_gen_event);
 
 static void __exit pps_gen_exit(void)
 {
-	class_destroy(pps_gen_class);
+	class_unregister(&pps_gen_class);
 	unregister_chrdev_region(pps_gen_devt, PPS_GEN_MAX_SOURCES);
 }
 
@@ -315,12 +318,11 @@ static int __init pps_gen_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	pps_gen_class = class_create("pps-gen");
-	if (IS_ERR(pps_gen_class)) {
-		pr_err("failed to allocate class\n");
-		return PTR_ERR(pps_gen_class);
+	err = class_register(&pps_gen_class);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("failed to register class\n");
+		return err;
 	}
-	pps_gen_class->dev_groups = pps_gen_groups;
 
 	err = alloc_chrdev_region(&pps_gen_devt, 0,
 					PPS_GEN_MAX_SOURCES, "pps-gen");
@@ -332,7 +334,7 @@ static int __init pps_gen_init(void)
 	return 0;
 
 remove_class:
-	class_destroy(pps_gen_class);
+	class_unregister(&pps_gen_class);
 	return err;
 }