Detect registered instances of fb_info by reading the reference
counter from struct fb_info.read. Avoids looking at the dev field
and prepares fbdev for making struct fb_info.dev optional.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@shawell.net>
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20230613110953.24176-31-tzimmermann@suse.de
u8 *edid;
int i, result = 0, tries = 3;
- if (info->dev) /* only use mutex if info has been registered */
+ if (refcount_read(&info->count)) /* only use mutex if info has been registered */
mutex_lock(&info->lock);
edid = kmalloc(EDID_LENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
if (edid && (dev->edid != edid))
kfree(edid);
- if (info->dev)
+ if (refcount_read(&info->count))
mutex_unlock(&info->lock);
return result;