patch mem_class-use-minor-as-index-instead-of-searching-the-array.patch added to gregkh-2.6 tree

[<gregkh@suse.de>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    Subject: mem_class: use minor as index instead of searching the array

to my gregkh-2.6 tree.  Its filename is

    mem_class-use-minor-as-index-instead-of-searching-the-array.patch

This tree can be found at 
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/patches/


>From kay.sievers@vrfy.org  Fri Jul 10 15:26:48 2009
From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:51:29 +0200
Subject: mem_class: use minor as index instead of searching the array
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Message-ID: <1246719089.6299.13.camel@yio.site>


From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>

Declare the device list with the minor numbers as the index, which saves us from
searching for a matching list entry. Remove old devfs permissions declaration.

Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 drivers/char/mem.c |   84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -863,71 +863,67 @@ static const struct file_operations kmsg
 	.write =	kmsg_write,
 };
 
-static const struct {
-	unsigned int		minor;
-	char			*name;
-	umode_t			mode;
-	const struct file_operations	*fops;
-	struct backing_dev_info	*dev_info;
-} devlist[] = { /* list of minor devices */
-	{1, "mem",     S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP, &mem_fops,
-		&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi},
+static const struct memdev {
+	const char *name;
+	const struct file_operations *fops;
+	struct backing_dev_info *dev_info;
+} devlist[] = {
+	[ 1] = { "mem", &mem_fops, &directly_mappable_cdev_bdi },
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEVKMEM
-	{2, "kmem",    S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP, &kmem_fops,
-		&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi},
+	[ 2] = { "kmem", &kmem_fops, &directly_mappable_cdev_bdi },
 #endif
-	{3, "null",    S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,           &null_fops, NULL},
+	[ 3] = {"null", &null_fops, NULL },
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEVPORT
-	{4, "port",    S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP, &port_fops, NULL},
+	[ 4] = { "port", &port_fops, NULL },
 #endif
-	{5, "zero",    S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,           &zero_fops, &zero_bdi},
-	{7, "full",    S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,           &full_fops, NULL},
-	{8, "random",  S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,           &random_fops, NULL},
-	{9, "urandom", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,           &urandom_fops, NULL},
-	{11,"kmsg",    S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,           &kmsg_fops, NULL},
+	[ 5] = { "zero", &zero_fops, &zero_bdi },
+	[ 6] = { "full", &full_fops, NULL },
+	[ 7] = { "random", &random_fops, NULL },
+	[ 9] = { "urandom", &urandom_fops, NULL },
+	[11] = { "kmsg", &kmsg_fops, NULL },
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-	{12,"oldmem",    S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP, &oldmem_fops, NULL},
+	[12] = { "oldmem", &oldmem_fops, NULL },
 #endif
 };
 
 static int memory_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-	int i;
+	int minor;
+	const struct memdev *dev;
+	int ret = -ENXIO;
 
 	lock_kernel();
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(devlist); i++) {
-		if (devlist[i].minor == iminor(inode)) {
-			filp->f_op = devlist[i].fops;
-			if (devlist[i].dev_info) {
-				filp->f_mapping->backing_dev_info =
-					devlist[i].dev_info;
-			}
+	minor = iminor(inode);
+	if (minor >= ARRAY_SIZE(devlist))
+		goto out;
+
+	dev = &devlist[minor];
+	if (!dev->fops)
+		goto out;
+
+	filp->f_op = dev->fops;
+	if (dev->dev_info)
+		filp->f_mapping->backing_dev_info = dev->dev_info;
 
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(devlist))
-		ret = -ENXIO;
+	if (dev->fops->open)
+		ret = dev->fops->open(inode, filp);
 	else
-		if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->open)
-			ret = filp->f_op->open(inode, filp);
-
+		ret = 0;
+out:
 	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations memory_fops = {
-	.open		= memory_open,	/* just a selector for the real open */
+	.open		= memory_open,
 };
 
 static struct class *mem_class;
 
 static int __init chr_dev_init(void)
 {
-	int i;
+	int minor;
 	int err;
 
 	err = bdi_init(&zero_bdi);
@@ -938,10 +934,12 @@ static int __init chr_dev_init(void)
 		printk("unable to get major %d for memory devs\n", MEM_MAJOR);
 
 	mem_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "mem");
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(devlist); i++)
-		device_create(mem_class, NULL,
-			      MKDEV(MEM_MAJOR, devlist[i].minor), NULL,
-			      devlist[i].name);
+	for (minor = 1; minor < ARRAY_SIZE(devlist); minor++) {
+		if (!devlist[minor].name)
+			continue;
+		device_create(mem_class, NULL, MKDEV(MEM_MAJOR, minor),
+			      NULL, devlist[minor].name);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }