On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 02:13:16PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:32:47AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > <snip> > > > } > > > - rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(majordev), 0), 1); > > > + rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, MKDEV(major, 0), 1); > > > > This should just be: > > > > rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, majordev, 1); > > > > So here is my suggestion: > > > > [patch 1] delete dead code I mentioned in my previous email. > > This deletes "registered" and the (MAJOR(majordev) >= 0) check. > > that was initially my first patch.
Yes, but the patch description wasn't clear. You were talking saying the condition was always true because of the types and I am saying the condition is always true because of the order the functions are called. > > > > > [patch 2] pass majordev to visorchipset_file_cleanup() > > This lets you delete the "majordev" global. > > > > [patch 3] small cleanup in visorchipset_file_init() > > > > - rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(majordev), 0), 1); > > + rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, majordev, 1); > > and i can also include the removal of that global variable in this > 3rd patch. > thanks.. after Greg's review i was thinking i understood the code wrong. > but then will this be a v2 or a whole new series? I'm pretty sure we're up to v3 at least now. This means redoing the whole series, yes. regards, dan carpenter _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
