V4L/DVB (8782): v4l2-dev: add video_device_release_empty

Add a second release function: video_device_release_empty
It can be used by drivers that have statically allocated
video_device structs.

Its use usually, but not always, indicates laziness on the
part of the driver programmer.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
index 66bd74b58b06..fda48a2efda6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ void video_device_release(struct video_device *vfd)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_device_release);
 
+void video_device_release_empty(struct video_device *vfd)
+{
+        /* Do nothing */
+        /* Only valid when the video_device struct is a static. */
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_device_release_empty);
+
 static void video_release(struct device *cd)
 {
         struct video_device *vfd = container_of(cd, struct video_device, dev);