in pps.c [347:404]
int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps)
{
int err;
dev_t devt;
mutex_lock(&pps_idr_lock);
/*
* Get new ID for the new PPS source. After idr_alloc() calling
* the new source will be freely available into the kernel.
*/
err = idr_alloc(&pps_idr, pps, 0, PPS_MAX_SOURCES, GFP_KERNEL);
if (err < 0) {
if (err == -ENOSPC) {
pr_err("%s: too many PPS sources in the system\n",
pps->info.name);
err = -EBUSY;
}
goto out_unlock;
}
pps->id = err;
mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock);
devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(pps_devt), pps->id);
cdev_init(&pps->cdev, &pps_cdev_fops);
pps->cdev.owner = pps->info.owner;
err = cdev_add(&pps->cdev, devt, 1);
if (err) {
pr_err("%s: failed to add char device %d:%d\n",
pps->info.name, MAJOR(pps_devt), pps->id);
goto free_idr;
}
pps->dev = device_create(pps_class, pps->info.dev, devt, pps,
"pps%d", pps->id);
if (IS_ERR(pps->dev)) {
err = PTR_ERR(pps->dev);
goto del_cdev;
}
/* Override the release function with our own */
pps->dev->release = pps_device_destruct;
pr_debug("source %s got cdev (%d:%d)\n", pps->info.name,
MAJOR(pps_devt), pps->id);
return 0;
del_cdev:
cdev_del(&pps->cdev);
free_idr:
mutex_lock(&pps_idr_lock);
idr_remove(&pps_idr, pps->id);
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock);
return err;
}