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authorJori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>2026-03-02 16:11:32 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2026-04-02 16:33:00 +0200
commitc230ae1f9480cf9d363ded8179b14b49c5d3dd69 (patch)
treed619d7c1c023a6f7ea5ba4defe1a5dae9b9fb9bf
parentf7a1fec4de122bba0872addf757dd8c26efc2917 (diff)
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pps: change pps_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_class to be a const struct class and drop the class_create() call. Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl> Acked-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@enneenne.com> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302151132.3302993-1-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/pps/pps.c24
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/pps/pps.c b/drivers/pps/pps.c
index c6b8b6478276..de1122bb69ea 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/pps.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/pps.c
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
*/
static int pps_major;
-static struct class *pps_class;
+static const struct class pps_class = {
+ .name = "pps",
+ .dev_groups = pps_groups
+};
static DEFINE_MUTEX(pps_idr_lock);
static DEFINE_IDR(pps_idr);
@@ -379,7 +382,7 @@ int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps)
}
pps->id = err;
- pps->dev.class = pps_class;
+ pps->dev.class = &pps_class;
pps->dev.parent = pps->info.dev;
pps->dev.devt = MKDEV(pps_major, pps->id);
dev_set_drvdata(&pps->dev, pps);
@@ -408,7 +411,7 @@ void pps_unregister_cdev(struct pps_device *pps)
{
pr_debug("unregistering pps%d\n", pps->id);
pps->lookup_cookie = NULL;
- device_destroy(pps_class, pps->dev.devt);
+ device_destroy(&pps_class, pps->dev.devt);
/* Now we can release the ID for re-use */
mutex_lock(&pps_idr_lock);
@@ -460,18 +463,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pps_lookup_dev);
static void __exit pps_exit(void)
{
- class_destroy(pps_class);
+ class_unregister(&pps_class);
__unregister_chrdev(pps_major, 0, PPS_MAX_SOURCES, "pps");
}
static int __init pps_init(void)
{
- pps_class = class_create("pps");
- if (IS_ERR(pps_class)) {
- pr_err("failed to allocate class\n");
- return PTR_ERR(pps_class);
+ int err;
+
+ err = class_register(&pps_class);
+ if (err) {
+ pr_err("failed to register class\n");
+ return err;
}
- pps_class->dev_groups = pps_groups;
pps_major = __register_chrdev(0, 0, PPS_MAX_SOURCES, "pps",
&pps_cdev_fops);
@@ -487,7 +491,7 @@ static int __init pps_init(void)
return 0;
remove_class:
- class_destroy(pps_class);
+ class_unregister(&pps_class);
return pps_major;
}