Let me know if this is the right approach. This patch uses the class field
in struct device.
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index 3cfea31..c3a9222 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -1296,14 +1296,9 @@ register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
break;
fb_info->node = i;
- fb_info->dev = device_create(fb_class, fb_info->device,
- MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, i), "fb%d", i);
- if (IS_ERR(fb_info->dev)) {
- /* Not fatal */
+ /* Not fatal */
+ if (fb_init_device(fb_info, fb_class))
printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to create device for framebuffer %d; errno = %ld\n", i, PTR_ERR(fb_info->dev));
- fb_info->dev = NULL;
- } else
- fb_init_device(fb_info);
if (fb_info->pixmap.addr == NULL) {
fb_info->pixmap.addr = kmalloc(FBPIXMAPSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c b/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
index 323bdf6..ce3804c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
@@ -505,40 +505,32 @@ static struct device_attribute device_attrs[] = {
#endif
};
-int fb_init_device(struct fb_info *fb_info)
+int fb_init_device(struct fb_info *fb_info, struct class *fb_class)
{
- int i, error = 0;
+ int error = 0;
- dev_set_drvdata(fb_info->dev, fb_info);
+ if (!fb_class->dev_attrs)
+ fb_class->dev_attrs = device_attrs;
- fb_info->class_flag |= FB_SYSFS_FLAG_ATTR;
-
- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(device_attrs); i++) {
- error = device_create_file(fb_info->dev, &device_attrs[i]);
-
- if (error)
- break;
- }
-
- if (error) {
- while (--i >= 0)
- device_remove_file(fb_info->dev, &device_attrs[i]);
+ fb_info->dev = device_create(fb_class, fb_info->device,
+ MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, fb_info->node),
+ "fb%d", fb_info->node);
+ if (IS_ERR(fb_info->dev)) {
fb_info->class_flag &= ~FB_SYSFS_FLAG_ATTR;
+ fb_info->dev = NULL;
+ error = -EINVAL;
+ } else {
+ dev_set_drvdata(fb_info->dev, fb_info);
+ fb_info->class_flag |= FB_SYSFS_FLAG_ATTR;
}
-
- return 0;
+ return error;
}
void fb_cleanup_device(struct fb_info *fb_info)
{
- unsigned int i;
-
- if (fb_info->class_flag & FB_SYSFS_FLAG_ATTR) {
- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(device_attrs); i++)
- device_remove_file(fb_info->dev, &device_attrs[i]);
-
- fb_info->class_flag &= ~FB_SYSFS_FLAG_ATTR;
- }
+ fb_info->class_flag &= ~FB_SYSFS_FLAG_ATTR;
+ dev_set_drvdata(fb_info->dev, NULL);
+ device_unregister(fb_info->dev);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 64177ec..37c4819 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static inline void __fb_pad_aligned_buffer(u8 *dst, u32 d_pitch,
/* drivers/video/fbsysfs.c */
extern struct fb_info *framebuffer_alloc(size_t size, struct device *dev);
extern void framebuffer_release(struct fb_info *info);
-extern int fb_init_device(struct fb_info *fb_info);
+extern int fb_init_device(struct fb_info *fb_info, struct class *fb_class);
extern void fb_cleanup_device(struct fb_info *head);
extern void fb_bl_default_curve(struct fb_info *fb_info, u8 off, u8 min, u8 max);
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