From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] parisc: drivers: switch to dynamic root device
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:21:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7f3b08ef-6ea6-48bd-ac3f-e8e904478fbb@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260424103211.2616426-1-johan@kernel.org>
On 4/24/26 12:32, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Driver core expects devices to be dynamically allocated and will, for
> example, complain loudly if a device that lacks a release function
> is ever freed.
>
> Use root_device_register() to allocate and register the root device
> instead of open coding using a static device.
>
> While at it, drop the redundant additional reference taken at init.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c | 21 ++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
applied.
Thanks!
Helge
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2026-04-24 10:32 [PATCH] parisc: drivers: switch to dynamic root device Johan Hovold
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