phylib: introduce mdiobus_alloc_size()

Introduce function mdiobus_alloc_size() as an alternative to mdiobus_alloc().
Most callers of mdiobus_alloc() also allocate a private data structure, and
then manually point bus->priv to this object.  mdiobus_alloc_size()
combines the two operations into one, which simplifies memory management.

The original mdiobus_alloc() now just calls mdiobus_alloc_size(0).

Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 79f337c47388..c599f7eca1e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ struct mii_bus {
 };
 #define to_mii_bus(d) container_of(d, struct mii_bus, dev)
 
-struct mii_bus *mdiobus_alloc(void);
+struct mii_bus *mdiobus_alloc_size(size_t);
+static inline struct mii_bus *mdiobus_alloc(void)
+{
+        return mdiobus_alloc_size(0);
+}
+
 int mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *bus);
 void mdiobus_unregister(struct mii_bus *bus);
 void mdiobus_free(struct mii_bus *bus);