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phylib: introduce mdiobus_alloc_size()

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Introduce function mdiobus_alloc_size() as an alternative to mdiobus_alloc().
Most callers of mdiobus_alloc() also allocate a private data structure, and
then manually point bus->priv to this object.  mdiobus_alloc_size()
combines the two operations into one, which simplifies memory management.

The original mdiobus_alloc() now just calls mdiobus_alloc_size(0).

Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Timur Tabi 2012-01-12 15:23:04 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 1398eee082
commit eb8a54a78e
2 changed files with 25 additions and 6 deletions
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drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
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@ -37,22 +37,36 @@
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
/**
* mdiobus_alloc - allocate a mii_bus structure
* mdiobus_alloc_size - allocate a mii_bus structure
*
* Description: called by a bus driver to allocate an mii_bus
* structure to fill in.
*
* 'size' is an an extra amount of memory to allocate for private storage.
* If non-zero, then bus->priv is points to that memory.
*/
struct mii_bus *mdiobus_alloc(void)
struct mii_bus *mdiobus_alloc_size(size_t size)
{
struct mii_bus *bus;
size_t aligned_size = ALIGN(sizeof(*bus), NETDEV_ALIGN);
size_t alloc_size;
bus = kzalloc(sizeof(*bus), GFP_KERNEL);
if (bus != NULL)
/* If we alloc extra space, it should be aligned */
if (size)
alloc_size = aligned_size + size;
else
alloc_size = sizeof(*bus);
bus = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (bus) {
bus->state = MDIOBUS_ALLOCATED;
if (size)
bus->priv = (void *)bus + aligned_size;
}
return bus;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdiobus_alloc);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdiobus_alloc_size);
/**
* mdiobus_release - mii_bus device release callback

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include/linux/phy.h
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@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ struct mii_bus {
};
#define to_mii_bus(d) container_of(d, struct mii_bus, dev)
struct mii_bus *mdiobus_alloc(void);
struct mii_bus *mdiobus_alloc_size(size_t);
static inline struct mii_bus *mdiobus_alloc(void)
{
return mdiobus_alloc_size(0);
}
int mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *bus);
void mdiobus_unregister(struct mii_bus *bus);
void mdiobus_free(struct mii_bus *bus);