Driver core expects devices to be dynamically allocated and will, for example, complain loudly when no release function has been provided.
Use root_device_register() to allocate and register the root device instead of open coding using a static device. Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <[email protected]> --- drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim_net.c | 23 +++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim_net.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim_net.c index 6caf09a1907b..29fd14ce5860 100644 --- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim_net.c +++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim_net.c @@ -453,14 +453,7 @@ static void vdpasim_net_free(struct vdpasim *vdpasim) kvfree(net->buffer); } -static void vdpasim_net_mgmtdev_release(struct device *dev) -{ -} - -static struct device vdpasim_net_mgmtdev = { - .init_name = "vdpasim_net", - .release = vdpasim_net_mgmtdev_release, -}; +static struct device *vdpasim_net_mgmtdev; static int vdpasim_net_dev_add(struct vdpa_mgmt_dev *mdev, const char *name, const struct vdpa_dev_set_config *config) @@ -538,7 +531,6 @@ static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = { }; static struct vdpa_mgmt_dev mgmt_dev = { - .device = &vdpasim_net_mgmtdev, .id_table = id_table, .ops = &vdpasim_net_mgmtdev_ops, .config_attr_mask = (1 << VDPA_ATTR_DEV_NET_CFG_MACADDR | @@ -552,26 +544,25 @@ static int __init vdpasim_net_init(void) { int ret; - ret = device_register(&vdpasim_net_mgmtdev); - if (ret) { - put_device(&vdpasim_net_mgmtdev); - return ret; - } + vdpasim_net_mgmtdev = root_device_register("vdpasim_net"); + if (IS_ERR(vdpasim_net_mgmtdev)) + return PTR_ERR(vdpasim_net_mgmtdev); + mgmt_dev.device = vdpasim_net_mgmtdev; ret = vdpa_mgmtdev_register(&mgmt_dev); if (ret) goto parent_err; return 0; parent_err: - device_unregister(&vdpasim_net_mgmtdev); + root_device_unregister(vdpasim_net_mgmtdev); return ret; } static void __exit vdpasim_net_exit(void) { vdpa_mgmtdev_unregister(&mgmt_dev); - device_unregister(&vdpasim_net_mgmtdev); + root_device_unregister(vdpasim_net_mgmtdev); } module_init(vdpasim_net_init); -- 2.53.0

