2 files changed, 27 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
index ff219df4b725..1ec0a1a8fb73 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static ssize_t show_index(struct device *cd,
                          struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
         struct video_device *vfd = container_of(cd, struct video_device, dev);
+
         return sprintf(buf, "%i\n", vfd->index);
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ static ssize_t show_name(struct device *cd,
                          struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
         struct video_device *vfd = container_of(cd, struct video_device, dev);
+
         return sprintf(buf, "%.*s\n", (int)sizeof(vfd->name), vfd->name);
 }
 
@@ -60,10 +62,7 @@ static struct device_attribute video_device_attrs[] = {
 
 struct video_device *video_device_alloc(void)
 {
-        struct video_device *vfd;
-
-        vfd = kzalloc(sizeof(*vfd), GFP_KERNEL);
-        return vfd;
+        return kzalloc(sizeof(struct video_device), GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_device_alloc);
 
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ int video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr,
 
         /* pick a minor number */
         mutex_lock(&videodev_lock);
-        if (nr >= 0  &&  nr < end-base) {
+        if (nr >= 0 && nr < end-base) {
                 /* use the one the driver asked for */
                 i = base + nr;
                 if (NULL != video_device[i]) {
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ int video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr,
         }
 
         /* sysfs class */
-        memset(&vfd->dev, 0x00, sizeof(vfd->dev));
+        memset(&vfd->dev, 0, sizeof(vfd->dev));
         vfd->dev.class = &video_class;
         vfd->dev.devt = MKDEV(VIDEO_MAJOR, vfd->minor);
         if (vfd->parent)
@@ -312,8 +311,8 @@ int video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr,
 fail_minor:
         mutex_lock(&videodev_lock);
         video_device[vfd->minor] = NULL;
-        vfd->minor = -1;
         mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
+        vfd->minor = -1;
         return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_register_device_index);
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
index 1d4df571060b..fb92e3d22d7e 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
@@ -9,16 +9,14 @@
 #ifndef _V4L2_DEV_H
 #define _V4L2_DEV_H
 
-#define OBSOLETE_DEVDATA 1 /* to be removed soon */
-
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/compiler.h> /* need __user */
 #include <linux/videodev2.h>
 
 #define VIDEO_MAJOR     81
+
 /* Minor device allocation */
 #define MINOR_VFL_TYPE_GRABBER_MIN   0
 #define MINOR_VFL_TYPE_GRABBER_MAX  63
@@ -71,20 +69,25 @@ struct video_device
         const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops *ioctl_ops;
 };
 
-/* Class-dev to video-device */
+/* dev to video-device */
 #define to_video_device(cd) container_of(cd, struct video_device, dev)
 
-/* Version 2 functions */
+/* Register and unregister devices. Note that if video_register_device fails,
+   the release() callback of the video_device structure is *not* called, so
+   the caller is responsible for freeing any data. Usually that means that
+   you call video_device_release() on failure. */
 int __must_check video_register_device(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr);
-int __must_check video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr,
-                                        int index);
-void video_unregister_device(struct video_device *);
+int __must_check video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vfd,
+                                                int type, int nr, int index);
+void video_unregister_device(struct video_device *vfd);
 
-/* helper functions to alloc / release struct video_device, the
-   later can be used for video_device->release() */
+/* helper functions to alloc/release struct video_device, the
+   latter can also be used for video_device->release(). */
 struct video_device * __must_check video_device_alloc(void);
+
 /* this release function frees the vfd pointer */
 void video_device_release(struct video_device *vfd);
+
 /* this release function does nothing, use when the video_device is a
    static global struct. Note that having a static video_device is
    a dubious construction at best. */
@@ -101,9 +104,13 @@ static inline void video_set_drvdata(struct video_device *dev, void *data)
         dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, data);
 }
 
-#ifdef OBSOLETE_DEVDATA /* to be removed soon */
-/* Obsolete stuff - Still needed for radio devices and obsolete drivers */
-extern struct video_device* video_devdata(struct file*);
-#endif
+struct video_device *video_devdata(struct file *file);
+
+/* Combine video_get_drvdata and video_devdata as this is
+   used very often. */
+static inline void *video_drvdata(struct file *file)
+{
+        return video_get_drvdata(video_devdata(file));
+}
 
 #endif /* _V4L2_DEV_H */