@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ extern struct dentry *sound_debugfs_root;
void snd_request_card(int card);
+int snd_device_alloc(struct device **dev_p, struct snd_card *card);
void snd_device_initialize(struct device *dev, struct snd_card *card);
int snd_register_device(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev,
@@ -134,6 +134,37 @@ void snd_device_initialize(struct device *dev, struct snd_card *card)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_device_initialize);
+/* the default release callback set in snd_device_alloc() */
+static void default_release_alloc(struct device *dev)
+{
+ kfree(dev);
+}
+
+/**
+ * snd_device_alloc - Allocate and initialize struct device for sound devices
+ * @dev_p: pointer to store the allocated device
+ * @card: card to assign, optional
+ *
+ * For releasing the allocated device, call put_device().
+ */
+int snd_device_alloc(struct device **dev_p, struct snd_card *card)
+{
+ struct device *dev;
+
+ *dev_p = NULL;
+ dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!dev)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ device_initialize(dev);
+ if (card)
+ dev->parent = &card->card_dev;
+ dev->class = &sound_class;
+ dev->release = default_release_alloc;
+ *dev_p = dev;
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_device_alloc);
+
static int snd_card_init(struct snd_card *card, struct device *parent,
int idx, const char *xid, struct module *module,
size_t extra_size);
Introduce a new helper, snd_device_alloc(), for allocating a struct device that is bound with the sound class. It's a replacement of snd_device_initialize(). Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> --- include/sound/core.h | 1 + sound/core/init.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)