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[PATCH] dvb-net -- allocate network device structures

To: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] dvb-net -- allocate network device structures
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:22:57 -0700
Cc: video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Open Source Development Lab
Sender: netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
This patch to 2.6.0-test6 converts the DVB net driver to allocate network
devices structures in a manner similar to other network devices in 2.6 by
using alloc_netdev.  Instead of an array of structures, and array of pointers
is used.

This solves the problem of OOPS when the following is done.
        rmmod dvb_net </sys/class/net/dvb0_0/mtu

Built, but not tested on real hardware.

diff -urN -X dontdiff linux-2.5/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c 
linux-2.5-net/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
--- linux-2.5/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c      2003-09-30 
13:53:57.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.5-net/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c  2003-09-05 
12:50:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
 }
 
 
-static int dvb_net_init_dev(struct net_device *dev)
+static void dvb_net_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        ether_setup(dev);
 
@@ -472,8 +472,6 @@
        dev->hard_header_cache  = NULL;
 
        dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
-       
-       return 0;
 }
 
 static int get_if(struct dvb_net *dvbnet)
@@ -495,7 +493,6 @@
 static int dvb_net_add_if(struct dvb_net *dvbnet, u16 pid)
 {
         struct net_device *net;
-       struct dmx_demux *demux;
        struct dvb_net_priv *priv;
        int result;
        int if_num;
@@ -503,25 +500,20 @@
        if ((if_num = get_if(dvbnet)) < 0)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       net=&dvbnet->device[if_num];
-       demux=dvbnet->demux;
+       net = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct dvb_net_priv), "dvb",
+                          dvb_net_setup);
+       if (!net)
+               return -ENOMEM;
        
-       memset(net, 0, sizeof(struct net_device));
+       sprintf(net->name, "dvb%d_%d", dvbnet->dvbdev->adapter->num, if_num);
 
-        memcpy(net->name, "dvb0_0", 7);
-       net->name[3]   = dvbnet->dvbdev->adapter->num + '0';
-       net->name[5]   = if_num + '0';
-       net->addr_len  = 6;
+       net->addr_len           = 6;
        memcpy(net->dev_addr, dvbnet->dvbdev->adapter->proposed_mac, 6);
-        net->next      = NULL;
-        net->init      = dvb_net_init_dev;
-
-       if (!(net->priv = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dvb_net_priv), GFP_KERNEL)))
-                       return -ENOMEM;
 
+       dvbnet->device[if_num] = net;
+       
        priv = net->priv;
-       memset(priv, 0, sizeof(struct dvb_net_priv));
-        priv->demux = demux;
+        priv->demux = dvbnet->demux;
         priv->pid = pid;
        priv->rx_mode = RX_MODE_UNI;
 
@@ -531,6 +523,7 @@
         net->base_addr = pid;
                 
        if ((result = register_netdev(net)) < 0) {
+               kfree(net);
                return result;
        }
 
@@ -540,18 +533,20 @@
 
 static int dvb_net_remove_if(struct dvb_net *dvbnet, int num)
 {
-       struct dvb_net_priv *priv = dvbnet->device[num].priv;
+       struct net_device *net = dvbnet->device[num];
+       struct dvb_net_priv *priv = net->priv;
 
        if (!dvbnet->state[num])
                return -EINVAL;
        if (priv->in_use)
                return -EBUSY;
 
-       dvb_net_stop(&dvbnet->device[num]);
+       dvb_net_stop(net);
        flush_scheduled_work();
-       kfree(priv);
-        unregister_netdev(&dvbnet->device[num]);
+        unregister_netdev(net);
        dvbnet->state[num]=0;
+       free_netdev(net);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux-2.5/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.h 
linux-2.5-net/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.h
--- linux-2.5/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.h      2003-09-30 
13:53:57.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.5-net/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.h  2003-09-05 
12:50:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 struct dvb_net {
        struct dvb_device *dvbdev;
-       struct net_device device[DVB_NET_DEVICES_MAX];
+       struct net_device *device[DVB_NET_DEVICES_MAX];
        int state[DVB_NET_DEVICES_MAX];
        struct dmx_demux *demux;
 };

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