drm: Introduce drm_dev_set_unique()
Add a helper function that allows drivers to statically set the unique
name of the device. This will allow platform and USB drivers to get rid
of their DRM bus implementations and directly use drm_dev_alloc() and
drm_dev_register().
Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Reviewed-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
index 3727ac8..6d55392 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@
drm_minor_free(dev, DRM_MINOR_CONTROL);
mutex_destroy(&dev->master_mutex);
+ kfree(dev->unique);
kfree(dev);
}
@@ -777,3 +778,28 @@
drm_minor_unregister(dev, DRM_MINOR_CONTROL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dev_unregister);
+
+/**
+ * drm_dev_set_unique - Set the unique name of a DRM device
+ * @dev: device of which to set the unique name
+ * @fmt: format string for unique name
+ *
+ * Sets the unique name of a DRM device using the specified format string and
+ * a variable list of arguments. Drivers can use this at driver probe time if
+ * the unique name of the devices they drive is static.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int drm_dev_set_unique(struct drm_device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+
+ kfree(dev->unique);
+
+ va_start(ap, fmt);
+ dev->unique = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, ap);
+ va_end(ap);
+
+ return dev->unique ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dev_set_unique);