Since commit 43a7206b0963 ("driver core: class: make class_register() take
a const *"), the driver core allows for struct class to be in read-only
memory, so move the ptp_class structure to be declared at build time
placing it into read-only memory, instead of having to be dynamically
allocated at boot time.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@marliere.net>
---
 drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c   | 18 ++++++++++--------
 drivers/ptp/ptp_private.h |  2 +-
 drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c  |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
index 15b804ba4868..00c7992fd43f 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
 #define PTP_PPS_EVENT PPS_CAPTUREASSERT
 #define PTP_PPS_MODE (PTP_PPS_DEFAULTS | PPS_CANWAIT | PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC)
 
-struct class *ptp_class;
+const struct class ptp_class = {
+	.name = "ptp",
+	.dev_groups = ptp_groups
+};
 
 /* private globals */
 
@@ -322,7 +325,7 @@ struct ptp_clock *ptp_clock_register(struct ptp_clock_info *info,
 	/* Initialize a new device of our class in our clock structure. */
 	device_initialize(&ptp->dev);
 	ptp->dev.devt = ptp->devid;
-	ptp->dev.class = ptp_class;
+	ptp->dev.class = &ptp_class;
 	ptp->dev.parent = parent;
 	ptp->dev.groups = ptp->pin_attr_groups;
 	ptp->dev.release = ptp_clock_release;
@@ -495,7 +498,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptp_cancel_worker_sync);
 
 static void __exit ptp_exit(void)
 {
-	class_destroy(ptp_class);
+	class_unregister(&ptp_class);
 	unregister_chrdev_region(ptp_devt, MINORMASK + 1);
 	ida_destroy(&ptp_clocks_map);
 }
@@ -504,10 +507,10 @@ static int __init ptp_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	ptp_class = class_create("ptp");
-	if (IS_ERR(ptp_class)) {
+	err = class_register(&ptp_class);
+	if (err) {
 		pr_err("ptp: failed to allocate class\n");
-		return PTR_ERR(ptp_class);
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	err = alloc_chrdev_region(&ptp_devt, 0, MINORMASK + 1, "ptp");
@@ -516,12 +519,11 @@ static int __init ptp_init(void)
 		goto no_region;
 	}
 
-	ptp_class->dev_groups = ptp_groups;
 	pr_info("PTP clock support registered\n");
 	return 0;
 
 no_region:
-	class_destroy(ptp_class);
+	class_unregister(&ptp_class);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_private.h b/drivers/ptp/ptp_private.h
index 45f9002a5dca..18934e28469e 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_private.h
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_private.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static inline bool ptp_clock_freerun(struct ptp_clock *ptp)
 	return ptp_vclock_in_use(ptp);
 }
 
-extern struct class *ptp_class;
+extern const struct class ptp_class;
 
 /*
  * see ptp_chardev.c
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c
index dcf752c9e045..7febfdcbde8b 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ int ptp_get_vclocks_index(int pclock_index, int **vclock_index)
 		return num;
 
 	snprintf(name, PTP_CLOCK_NAME_LEN, "ptp%d", pclock_index);
-	dev = class_find_device_by_name(ptp_class, name);
+	dev = class_find_device_by_name(&ptp_class, name);
 	if (!dev)
 		return num;
 

---
base-commit: 90d35da658da8cff0d4ecbb5113f5fac9d00eb72
change-id: 20240305-ptp-62d148196947

Best regards,
-- 
Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@marliere.net>

On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 05:11:27PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> Since commit 43a7206b0963 ("driver core: class: make class_register() take
> a const *"), the driver core allows for struct class to be in read-only
> memory, so move the ptp_class structure to be declared at build time
> placing it into read-only memory, instead of having to be dynamically
> allocated at boot time.
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@marliere.net>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>