Allocate the GPIO descriptor's memory dynamically when GPIO chips are
added instead of using the static gpio_desc[] array. gpio_desc[] is now
totally unused and therefore removed.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 0247c48..893cf94 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #define        extra_checks    0
 #endif
 
-/* gpio_lock prevents conflicts during gpio_desc[] table updates.
+/* gpio_lock prevents conflicts during gpio descriptors updates.
  * While any GPIO is requested, its gpio_chip is not removable;
  * each GPIO's "requested" flag serves as a lock and refcount.
  */
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ struct gpio_desc {
        const char              *label;
 #endif
 };
-static struct gpio_desc gpio_desc[ARCH_NR_GPIOS];
 
 #define GPIO_OFFSET_VALID(chip, offset) (offset >= 0 && offset < chip->ngpio)
 
@@ -1163,6 +1162,13 @@ int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip)
                goto fail;
        }
 
+       chip->desc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct gpio_desc) * chip->ngpio,
+                            GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!chip->desc) {
+               status = -ENOMEM;
+               goto fail;
+       }
+
        spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags);
 
        if (base < 0) {
@@ -1177,8 +1183,6 @@ int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip)
        status = gpiochip_add_to_list(chip);
 
        if (status == 0) {
-               chip->desc = &gpio_desc[chip->base];
-
                for (id = 0; id < chip->ngpio; id++) {
                        struct gpio_desc *desc = &chip->desc[id];
                        desc->chip = chip;
@@ -1218,6 +1222,8 @@ unlock:
 
        return 0;
 fail:
+       kfree(chip->desc);
+
        /* failures here can mean systems won't boot... */
        pr_err("gpiochip_add: gpios %d..%d (%s) failed to register\n",
                chip->base, chip->base + chip->ngpio - 1,
@@ -1261,6 +1267,8 @@ int gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip)
        if (status == 0)
                gpiochip_unexport(chip);
 
+       kfree(chip->desc);
+
        return status;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_remove);
-- 
1.8.1.1

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