Re: [PATCH 16/28] staging: most: sound: call snd_card_new with struct device

[Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@de.adit-jv.com>]

Hi Christian,

On Tue, 08 May 2018 02:46:44 -0700, Christian Gromm wrote:
>     This patch is needed as function snd_card_new needs a valid
>     parent device. Passing a NULL pointer leads to kernel Ooops.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@microchip.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/most/core.h        | 1 +
>  drivers/staging/most/sound/sound.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/staging/most/usb/usb.c     | 1 +
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/core.h b/drivers/staging/most/core.h
> index 7a3c70bead19..64cc02f161e7 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/most/core.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/most/core.h
> @@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ struct mbo {
>   */
>  struct most_interface {
>  	struct device dev;
> +	struct device *driver_dev;
>  	struct module *mod;
>  	enum most_interface_type interface;
>  	const char *description;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/sound/sound.c b/drivers/staging/most/sound/sound.c
> index 18f722410a63..04c18323c2ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/most/sound/sound.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/most/sound/sound.c
> @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ static int audio_probe_channel(struct most_interface *iface, int channel_id,
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	ret = snd_card_new(NULL, -1, card_name, THIS_MODULE,
> +	ret = snd_card_new(&iface->dev, -1, card_name, THIS_MODULE,
>  			   sizeof(*channel), &card);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/usb/usb.c b/drivers/staging/most/usb/usb.c
> index 5ed1dccc0839..f18726049528 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/most/usb/usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/most/usb/usb.c
> @@ -1043,6 +1043,7 @@ hdm_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, const struct usb_device_id *id)
>  	mdev->link_stat_timer.expires = jiffies + (2 * HZ);
>  
>  	mdev->iface.mod = hdm_usb_fops.owner;
> +	mdev->iface.driver_dev = &interface->dev;
>  	mdev->iface.interface = ITYPE_USB;
>  	mdev->iface.configure = hdm_configure_channel;
>  	mdev->iface.request_netinfo = hdm_request_netinfo;

Just for your information, when mapping commits from vanilla to those
from https://github.com/microchip-ais/linux/commits/mld-1.8.0, we've
stumbled upon some subtle but striking difference between mld-1.8.0
commit [0] and v4.18-rc1 commit [1]. The latter looks like an upstreamed
version of the former. However, while commit [0] creates a new 'dev'
member in 'struct most_interface' and uses it consistently, commit [1]
creates 'driver_dev' and uses it intermixed with 'dev'.

Since we don't use aim-sound, we just signal this feedback to you
as FWIW without sending a patch (which we can't test).

[0] https://github.com/microchip-ais/linux/commit/2fef0f89f04703
    ("staging: most: add struct device to most interface")
[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=69c90cf1b2faf5
    ("staging: most: sound: call snd_card_new with struct device")

-- 
Best regards,
Eugeniu.