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linux/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_info.c
Thomas Zimmermann c07e1f20dc fbdev: Document that framebuffer_alloc() returns zero'ed data
Most fbdev drivers depend on framebuffer_alloc() to initialize the
allocated memory to 0. Document this guarantee.

v3:
	* slightly reword the sentence (Miguel)

Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@loongson.cn>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20230715185343.7193-19-tzimmermann@suse.de
2023-07-24 16:50:39 +02:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/fb.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
/**
* framebuffer_alloc - creates a new frame buffer info structure
*
* @size: size of driver private data, can be zero
* @dev: pointer to the device for this fb, this can be NULL
*
* Creates a new frame buffer info structure. Also reserves @size bytes
* for driver private data (info->par). info->par (if any) will be
* aligned to sizeof(long). The new instances of struct fb_info and
* the driver private data are both cleared to zero.
*
* Returns the new structure, or NULL if an error occurred.
*
*/
struct fb_info *framebuffer_alloc(size_t size, struct device *dev)
{
#define BYTES_PER_LONG (BITS_PER_LONG/8)
#define PADDING (BYTES_PER_LONG - (sizeof(struct fb_info) % BYTES_PER_LONG))
int fb_info_size = sizeof(struct fb_info);
struct fb_info *info;
char *p;
if (size)
fb_info_size += PADDING;
p = kzalloc(fb_info_size + size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!p)
return NULL;
info = (struct fb_info *) p;
if (size)
info->par = p + fb_info_size;
info->device = dev;
info->fbcon_rotate_hint = -1;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT)
mutex_init(&info->bl_curve_mutex);
#endif
return info;
#undef PADDING
#undef BYTES_PER_LONG
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(framebuffer_alloc);
/**
* framebuffer_release - marks the structure available for freeing
*
* @info: frame buffer info structure
*
* Drop the reference count of the device embedded in the
* framebuffer info structure.
*
*/
void framebuffer_release(struct fb_info *info)
{
if (!info)
return;
if (WARN_ON(refcount_read(&info->count)))
return;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT)
mutex_destroy(&info->bl_curve_mutex);
#endif
kfree(info);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(framebuffer_release);