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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
index 359e23290a7..341764a3a99 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -419,6 +419,10 @@ static int get_index(struct video_device *vdev)
* The registration code assigns minor numbers and device node numbers
* based on the requested type and registers the new device node with
* the kernel.
+ *
+ * This function assumes that struct video_device was zeroed when it
+ * was allocated and does not contain any stale date.
+ *
* An error is returned if no free minor or device node number could be
* found, or if the registration of the device node failed.
*
@@ -440,7 +444,6 @@ static int __video_register_device(struct video_device *vdev, int type, int nr,
int minor_offset = 0;
int minor_cnt = VIDEO_NUM_DEVICES;
const char *name_base;
- void *priv = vdev->dev.p;
/* A minor value of -1 marks this video device as never
having been registered */
@@ -559,10 +562,6 @@ static int __video_register_device(struct video_device *vdev, int type, int nr,
}
/* Part 4: register the device with sysfs */
- memset(&vdev->dev, 0, sizeof(vdev->dev));
- /* The memset above cleared the device's device_private, so
- put back the copy we made earlier. */
- vdev->dev.p = priv;
vdev->dev.class = &video_class;
vdev->dev.devt = MKDEV(VIDEO_MAJOR, vdev->minor);
if (vdev->parent)