[PATCH 6/7] pci_slot: convert to a kmalloc'ed slot name

Alex Chiang
2008-08-06T05:13:13Z

Callers of pci_create_slot() need to be converted from a
char name[] to a char *name.

This change allows pci_create_slot() to dynamically rename the
sysfs name of the slot in the event of a name collision.

Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>
---
drivers/acpi/pci_slot.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_slot.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_slot.c
index d5b4ef8..b146b72 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/pci_slot.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_slot.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ register_slot(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv)
{
int device;
unsigned long sun;
- char name[SLOT_NAME_SIZE];
+ char *name;
struct acpi_pci_slot *slot;
struct pci_slot *pci_slot;
struct callback_args *parent_context = context;
@@ -149,10 +149,18 @@ register_slot(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv)
return AE_OK;
}

- snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%u", (u32)sun);
+ name = kzalloc(SLOT_NAME_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!name) {
+ err("%s: cannot allocate memory for name\n", __func__);
+ kfree(slot);
+ return AE_OK;
+ }
+
+ snprintf(name, SLOT_NAME_SIZE, "%u", (u32)sun);
pci_slot = pci_create_slot(pci_bus, device, name);
if (IS_ERR(pci_slot)) {
err("pci_create_slot returned %ld\n", PTR_ERR(pci_slot));
+ kfree(name);
kfree(slot);
return AE_OK;
}
@@ -167,6 +175,8 @@ register_slot(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv)
dbg("pci_slot: %p, pci_bus: %x, device: %d, name: %s\n",
pci_slot, pci_bus->number, device, name);

+ kfree(name);
+
return AE_OK;
}

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