in line-display.c [205:244]
int linedisp_register(struct linedisp *linedisp, struct device *parent,
unsigned int num_chars, char *buf,
void (*update)(struct linedisp *linedisp))
{
static atomic_t linedisp_id = ATOMIC_INIT(-1);
int err;
memset(linedisp, 0, sizeof(*linedisp));
linedisp->dev.parent = parent;
linedisp->dev.type = &linedisp_type;
linedisp->update = update;
linedisp->buf = buf;
linedisp->num_chars = num_chars;
linedisp->scroll_rate = DEFAULT_SCROLL_RATE;
device_initialize(&linedisp->dev);
dev_set_name(&linedisp->dev, "linedisp.%lu",
(unsigned long)atomic_inc_return(&linedisp_id));
/* initialise a timer for scrolling the message */
timer_setup(&linedisp->timer, linedisp_scroll, 0);
err = device_add(&linedisp->dev);
if (err)
goto out_del_timer;
/* display a default message */
err = linedisp_display(linedisp, "Linux " UTS_RELEASE " ", -1);
if (err)
goto out_del_dev;
return 0;
out_del_dev:
device_del(&linedisp->dev);
out_del_timer:
del_timer_sync(&linedisp->timer);
put_device(&linedisp->dev);
return err;
}