platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: do not create a static struct device

A struct device is a dynamic structure, with reference counting.
"Tricking" the kernel to make a dynamic structure static, by working
around the driver core release detection logic, is not nice.

Because of this, this code has been used as an example for others on
"how to do things", which is just about the worst thing possible to have
happen.

Fix this all up by making the platform device dynamic and providing a
real release function.

Cc: Rajneesh Bhardwaj <[email protected]>
Cc: Vishwanath Somayaji <[email protected]>
Cc: Darren Hart <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>
Cc: Rajat Jain <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Reported-by: Maximilian Luz <[email protected]>
Fixes: b02f6a2 ("platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: Attach using APCI HID "INT33A1"")
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Rajat Jain <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>

Author: gregkh

drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core_pltdrv.c

@@ -20,15 +20,10 @@
 
 static void intel_pmc_core_release(struct device *dev)
 {
-	/* Nothing to do. */
+	kfree(dev);
 }
 
-static struct platform_device pmc_core_device = {
-	.name = "intel_pmc_core",
-	.dev  = {
-		.release = intel_pmc_core_release,
-	},
-};
+static struct platform_device *pmc_core_device;
 
 /*
  * intel_pmc_core_platform_ids is the list of platforms where we want to
@@ -52,19 +47,32 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, intel_pmc_core_platform_ids);
 
 static int __init pmc_core_platform_init(void)
 {
+	int retval;
+
 	/* Skip creating the platform device if ACPI already has a device */
 	if (acpi_dev_present("INT33A1", NULL, -1))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (!x86_match_cpu(intel_pmc_core_platform_ids))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return platform_device_register(&pmc_core_device);
+	pmc_core_device = kzalloc(sizeof(*pmc_core_device), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pmc_core_device)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	pmc_core_device->name = "intel_pmc_core";
+	pmc_core_device->dev.release = intel_pmc_core_release;
+
+	retval = platform_device_register(pmc_core_device);
+	if (retval)
+		kfree(pmc_core_device);
+
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static void __exit pmc_core_platform_exit(void)
 {
-	platform_device_unregister(&pmc_core_device);
+	platform_device_unregister(pmc_core_device);
 }
 
 module_init(pmc_core_platform_init);