Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers:staging:ti-st: move TI_ST from staging

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>]

On 10/07/2010 12:36 AM, Savoy, Pavan wrote:
>>>>> +int st_core_init(struct st_data_s **core_data)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	struct st_data_s *st_gdata;
>>>>> +	long err;
>>>>> +	static struct tty_ldisc_ops *st_ldisc_ops;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	/* populate and register to TTY line discipline */
>>>>> +	st_ldisc_ops = kzalloc(sizeof(*st_ldisc_ops), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>>> +	if (!st_ldisc_ops) {
>>>>> +		pr_err("no mem to allocate");
>>>>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>>>>> +	}
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	st_ldisc_ops->magic = TTY_LDISC_MAGIC;
>>>>> +	st_ldisc_ops->name = "n_st";	/*"n_hci"; */
>>>>> +	st_ldisc_ops->open = st_tty_open;
>>>>> +	st_ldisc_ops->close = st_tty_close;
>>>>> +	st_ldisc_ops->receive_buf = st_tty_receive;
>>>>> +	st_ldisc_ops->write_wakeup = st_tty_wakeup;
>>>>> +	st_ldisc_ops->flush_buffer = st_tty_flush_buffer;
>>>>> +	st_ldisc_ops->owner = THIS_MODULE;
>>>>
>>>> This can be static structure, you don't need to allocate this on heap.
>>>> It should be a singleton.
>>>
>>> Yes, I got this comment before, but is it just a style issue?
>>> I want to keep this in heap because some day, I hope TTY ldics have their
>> own
>>> private_data, which I can pass around like the tty_struct's data.
>>> and having them in heap, I plan to keep a reference to ops structure, so
>> that I
>>> can pass around and use ops->private_data everywhere ..
>>
>> I doubt ldisc ops will ever have ->private_data. What would you need it
>> for? The ops generally work with ttys which have ->disc_data.
> 
> Yes, But in this case, I required something which can be set during ldisc_register, and can be picked up during tty_open.

Why? ldiscs are per-system, singletons, not per-device. So you should
not bind to them any device specific info.

regards,
-- 
js