On 19.03.21 12:13, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 1:05 PM Ahmad Fatoum <a.fat...@pengutronix.de> wrote: >> >> We now have three places within the same file doing the same operation >> of freeing this pointer and setting it anew. A helper make this > > makes > >> arguably easier to read, so add one. > > FWIW, > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevche...@gmail.com>
Thanks will add for v3. > Now I'm wondering why deferred_probe_reason is not defined with const. > > Can you check and maybe squeeze a patch in the middle (before these > two of this series) to move to const? The deferred_probe_reason is only used in this file and it either holds NULL or a pointer to a dynamically allocated string. I don't see a reason why the member should be const. Cheers, Ahmad >> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fat...@pengutronix.de> >> --- >> v1 -> v2: >> - no change >> --- >> drivers/base/dd.c | 17 +++++++++++------ >> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c >> index e2cf3b29123e..4201baa1cc13 100644 >> --- a/drivers/base/dd.c >> +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c >> @@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ static char >> async_probe_drv_names[ASYNC_DRV_NAMES_MAX_LEN]; >> */ >> static bool defer_all_probes; >> >> +static void __device_set_deferred_probe_reason(const struct device *dev, >> char *reason) >> +{ >> + kfree(dev->p->deferred_probe_reason); >> + dev->p->deferred_probe_reason = reason; >> +} >> + >> /* >> * deferred_probe_work_func() - Retry probing devices in the active list. >> */ >> @@ -97,8 +103,7 @@ static void deferred_probe_work_func(struct work_struct >> *work) >> >> get_device(dev); >> >> - kfree(dev->p->deferred_probe_reason); >> - dev->p->deferred_probe_reason = NULL; >> + __device_set_deferred_probe_reason(dev, NULL); >> >> /* >> * Drop the mutex while probing each device; the probe path >> may >> @@ -140,8 +145,7 @@ void driver_deferred_probe_del(struct device *dev) >> if (!list_empty(&dev->p->deferred_probe)) { >> dev_dbg(dev, "Removed from deferred list\n"); >> list_del_init(&dev->p->deferred_probe); >> - kfree(dev->p->deferred_probe_reason); >> - dev->p->deferred_probe_reason = NULL; >> + __device_set_deferred_probe_reason(dev, NULL); >> } >> mutex_unlock(&deferred_probe_mutex); >> } >> @@ -220,11 +224,12 @@ void device_unblock_probing(void) >> void device_set_deferred_probe_reason(const struct device *dev, struct >> va_format *vaf) >> { >> const char *drv = dev_driver_string(dev); >> + char *reason; >> >> mutex_lock(&deferred_probe_mutex); >> >> - kfree(dev->p->deferred_probe_reason); >> - dev->p->deferred_probe_reason = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s: %pV", >> drv, vaf); >> + reason = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s: %pV", drv, vaf); >> + __device_set_deferred_probe_reason(dev, reason); >> >> mutex_unlock(&deferred_probe_mutex); >> } >> -- >> 2.29.2 >> > > -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |