* The initial ref-count of the object is 1. Use drm_dev_get() and
* drm_dev_put() to take and drop further ref-counts.
*
- * Note that for purely virtual devices @parent can be NULL.
- *
* Drivers that do not want to allocate their own device struct
* embedding &struct drm_device can call drm_dev_alloc() instead. For drivers
* that do embed &struct drm_device it must be placed first in the overall
return -ENODEV;
}
+ BUG_ON(!parent);
+
kref_init(&dev->ref);
dev->dev = parent;
dev->driver = driver;
}
}
- /* Use the parent device name as DRM device unique identifier, but fall
- * back to the driver name for virtual devices like vgem. */
- ret = drm_dev_set_unique(dev, parent ? dev_name(parent) : driver->name);
+ ret = drm_dev_set_unique(dev, dev_name(parent));
if (ret)
goto err_setunique;