Thread (21 messages) 21 messages, 3 authors, 2012-10-11

Re: [PATCHv4 1/4] modem_shm: Add Modem Access Framework

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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2012-09-28 16:00:51
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 01:35:01PM +0530, Arun Murthy wrote:
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+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/modem_shm/modem.h>
+
+static struct class *modem_class;
What's wrong with a bus_type instead?
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+static int __modem_is_requested(struct device *dev, void *data)
+{
+	struct modem_desc *mdesc = (struct modem_desc *)data;
+
+	if (!mdesc->mclients) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "modem_access: modem description is NULL\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return atomic_read(&mdesc->mclients->cnt);
+}
+
+int modem_is_requested(struct modem_desc *mdesc)
+{
+	return class_for_each_device(modem_class, NULL, (void *)mdesc, __modem_is_requested);
+}
Where is the documentation for your public api functions like this?
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+
+int modem_release(struct modem_desc *mdesc)
+{
+	if (!mdesc->release)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (modem_is_requested(mdesc)) {
+		atomic_dec(&mdesc->mclients->cnt);
+		if (atomic_read(&mdesc->use_cnt) == 1) {
+			mdesc->release(mdesc);
+			atomic_dec(&mdesc->use_cnt);
+		}
Eeek, why aren't you using the built-in reference counting that the
struct device provided to you, and instead are rolling your own?  This
happens in many places, why?

greg k-h
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