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-rw-r--r--sound/core/init.c31
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sound/core/init.c b/sound/core/init.c
index baef2688d0cf..a4de9f00d90f 100644
--- a/sound/core/init.c
+++ b/sound/core/init.c
@@ -134,6 +134,37 @@ void snd_device_initialize(struct device *dev, struct snd_card *card)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_device_initialize);
+/* the default release callback set in snd_device_alloc() */
+static void default_release_alloc(struct device *dev)
+{
+ kfree(dev);
+}
+
+/**
+ * snd_device_alloc - Allocate and initialize struct device for sound devices
+ * @dev_p: pointer to store the allocated device
+ * @card: card to assign, optional
+ *
+ * For releasing the allocated device, call put_device().
+ */
+int snd_device_alloc(struct device **dev_p, struct snd_card *card)
+{
+ struct device *dev;
+
+ *dev_p = NULL;
+ dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!dev)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ device_initialize(dev);
+ if (card)
+ dev->parent = &card->card_dev;
+ dev->class = &sound_class;
+ dev->release = default_release_alloc;
+ *dev_p = dev;
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_device_alloc);
+
static int snd_card_init(struct snd_card *card, struct device *parent,
int idx, const char *xid, struct module *module,
size_t extra_size);