On 12/9/25 1:51 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> storage-by-alias creates its own cdev, but that is never used. The only
> purpose is to create a cdev with its own device node which otherwise
> links to the original cdev. This means we can drop all the cdev
> operations and use the newly created devfs_create_link_node() with the
> same effect.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]>

> ---
>  drivers/misc/storage-by-alias.c | 120 
> +++-------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/storage-by-alias.c b/drivers/misc/storage-by-alias.c
> index 
> 2c498e0d0483ca71093612382c78372df399c437..6c759867ccbb7a7b4bc922152699eb346d42d271
>  100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/storage-by-alias.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/storage-by-alias.c
> @@ -24,102 +24,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(sba_list);
>  struct sba {
>       char *alias;
>       struct device *dev;
> -     struct cdev *rcdev;
> -     struct cdev cdev;
>       struct list_head list;
> -};
> -
> -static ssize_t sba_read(struct cdev *cdev, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t 
> offset, ulong flags)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     return cdev_read(sba->rcdev, buf, count, offset, flags);
> -}
> -
> -static ssize_t sba_write(struct cdev *cdev, const void *buf, size_t count, 
> loff_t offset, ulong flags)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     return cdev_write(sba->rcdev, buf, count, offset, flags);
> -}
> -
> -static int sba_ioctl(struct cdev *cdev, unsigned int request, void *buf)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     return cdev_ioctl(sba->rcdev, request, buf);
> -}
> -
> -static int sba_open(struct cdev *cdev, unsigned long flags)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     return cdev_open(sba->rcdev, flags);
> -}
> -
> -static int sba_close(struct cdev *cdev)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     cdev_close(sba->rcdev);
> -
> -     return 0;
> -}
> -
> -static int sba_flush(struct cdev *cdev)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     return cdev_flush(sba->rcdev);
> -}
> -
> -static int sba_erase(struct cdev *cdev, loff_t count, loff_t offset)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     return cdev_erase(sba->rcdev, count, offset);
> -}
> -
> -static int sba_protect(struct cdev *cdev, size_t count, loff_t offset, int 
> prot)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     return cdev_protect(sba->rcdev, count, offset, prot);
> -}
> -
> -static int sba_discard_range(struct cdev *cdev, loff_t count, loff_t offset)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     return cdev_discard_range(sba->rcdev, count, offset);
> -}
> -
> -static int sba_memmap(struct cdev *cdev, void **map, int flags)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     return cdev_memmap(sba->rcdev, map, flags);
> -}
> -
> -static int sba_truncate(struct cdev *cdev, size_t size)
> -{
> -     struct sba *sba = cdev->priv;
> -
> -     return cdev_truncate(sba->rcdev, size);
> -}
> -
> -static struct cdev_operations sba_ops = {
> -     .read = sba_read,
> -     .write = sba_write,
> -     .ioctl = sba_ioctl,
> -     .open = sba_open,
> -     .close = sba_close,
> -     .flush = sba_flush,
> -     .erase = sba_erase,
> -     .protect = sba_protect,
> -     .discard_range = sba_discard_range,
> -     .memmap = sba_memmap,
> -     .truncate = sba_truncate,
> +     bool populated;
>  };
>  
>  static int sba_add_partitions(struct cdev *rcdev, void *data)
> @@ -127,29 +33,17 @@ static int sba_add_partitions(struct cdev *rcdev, void 
> *data)
>       struct sba *sba = data;
>       int ret;
>  
> -     dev_dbg(sba->dev, "Adding %s -> %s\n", sba->alias, rcdev->name);
> -
> -     if (sba->rcdev)
> +     if (sba->populated)
>               return 0;
>  
> -     sba->rcdev = rcdev;
> -     sba->cdev.link = rcdev;
> -     sba->cdev.name = sba->alias;
> -     sba->cdev.size = rcdev->size;
> -     sba->cdev.ops = &sba_ops;
> -     sba->cdev.dev = sba->dev;
> -     sba->cdev.priv = sba;
> +     dev_info(sba->dev, "Adding %s -> %s\n", sba->alias, rcdev->name);
>  
> -     if (rcdev->flags & DEVFS_WRITE_AUTOERASE)
> -             sba->cdev.flags |= DEVFS_WRITE_AUTOERASE;
> +     ret = devfs_create_link_node(rcdev, sba->alias, sba->dev->device_node);
> +     if (ret)
> +             return ret;
>  
> -     ret = devfs_create(&sba->cdev);
> -     if (ret) {
> -             dev_err(sba->dev, "Failed to create cdev: %pe\n", ERR_PTR(ret));
> -             return 0;
> -     }
> +     sba->populated = true;
>  
> -     of_parse_partitions(&sba->cdev, sba->dev->of_node);
>       return 0;
>  }
>  
> 

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