struct coresight_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
        struct etb_drvdata *drvdata;
        struct resource *res = &adev->res;
-       struct coresight_desc *desc;
+       struct coresight_desc desc = { 0 };
        struct device_node *np = adev->dev.of_node;
 
        if (np) {
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!desc)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK;
-       desc->subtype.sink_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SINK_BUFFER;
-       desc->ops = &etb_cs_ops;
-       desc->pdata = pdata;
-       desc->dev = dev;
-       desc->groups = coresight_etb_groups;
-       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(desc);
+       desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK;
+       desc.subtype.sink_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SINK_BUFFER;
+       desc.ops = &etb_cs_ops;
+       desc.pdata = pdata;
+       desc.dev = dev;
+       desc.groups = coresight_etb_groups;
+       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(&desc);
        if (IS_ERR(drvdata->csdev))
                return PTR_ERR(drvdata->csdev);
 
 
        struct coresight_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
        struct etm_drvdata *drvdata;
        struct resource *res = &adev->res;
-       struct coresight_desc *desc;
+       struct coresight_desc desc = { 0 };
        struct device_node *np = adev->dev.of_node;
 
-       desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!desc)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
        drvdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*drvdata), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!drvdata)
                return -ENOMEM;
        etm_init_trace_id(drvdata);
        etm_set_default(&drvdata->config);
 
-       desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SOURCE;
-       desc->subtype.source_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SOURCE_PROC;
-       desc->ops = &etm_cs_ops;
-       desc->pdata = pdata;
-       desc->dev = dev;
-       desc->groups = coresight_etm_groups;
-       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(desc);
+       desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SOURCE;
+       desc.subtype.source_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SOURCE_PROC;
+       desc.ops = &etm_cs_ops;
+       desc.pdata = pdata;
+       desc.dev = dev;
+       desc.groups = coresight_etm_groups;
+       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(&desc);
        if (IS_ERR(drvdata->csdev)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(drvdata->csdev);
                goto err_arch_supported;
 
        struct coresight_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
        struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata;
        struct resource *res = &adev->res;
-       struct coresight_desc *desc;
+       struct coresight_desc desc = { 0 };
        struct device_node *np = adev->dev.of_node;
 
-       desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!desc)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
        drvdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*drvdata), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!drvdata)
                return -ENOMEM;
        etm4_init_trace_id(drvdata);
        etm4_set_default(&drvdata->config);
 
-       desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SOURCE;
-       desc->subtype.source_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SOURCE_PROC;
-       desc->ops = &etm4_cs_ops;
-       desc->pdata = pdata;
-       desc->dev = dev;
-       desc->groups = coresight_etmv4_groups;
-       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(desc);
+       desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SOURCE;
+       desc.subtype.source_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SOURCE_PROC;
+       desc.ops = &etm4_cs_ops;
+       desc.pdata = pdata;
+       desc.dev = dev;
+       desc.groups = coresight_etmv4_groups;
+       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(&desc);
        if (IS_ERR(drvdata->csdev)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(drvdata->csdev);
                goto err_arch_supported;
 
        struct coresight_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
        struct funnel_drvdata *drvdata;
        struct resource *res = &adev->res;
-       struct coresight_desc *desc;
+       struct coresight_desc desc = { 0 };
        struct device_node *np = adev->dev.of_node;
 
        if (np) {
        drvdata->base = base;
        pm_runtime_put(&adev->dev);
 
-       desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!desc)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINK;
-       desc->subtype.link_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_LINK_MERG;
-       desc->ops = &funnel_cs_ops;
-       desc->pdata = pdata;
-       desc->dev = dev;
-       desc->groups = coresight_funnel_groups;
-       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(desc);
+       desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINK;
+       desc.subtype.link_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_LINK_MERG;
+       desc.ops = &funnel_cs_ops;
+       desc.pdata = pdata;
+       desc.dev = dev;
+       desc.groups = coresight_funnel_groups;
+       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(&desc);
        if (IS_ERR(drvdata->csdev))
                return PTR_ERR(drvdata->csdev);
 
 
        struct resource *res = &adev->res;
        struct coresight_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
        struct replicator_state *drvdata;
-       struct coresight_desc *desc;
+       struct coresight_desc desc = { 0 };
        struct device_node *np = adev->dev.of_node;
        void __iomem *base;
 
        dev_set_drvdata(dev, drvdata);
        pm_runtime_put(&adev->dev);
 
-       desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!desc)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINK;
-       desc->subtype.link_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_LINK_SPLIT;
-       desc->ops = &replicator_cs_ops;
-       desc->pdata = adev->dev.platform_data;
-       desc->dev = &adev->dev;
-       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(desc);
+       desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINK;
+       desc.subtype.link_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_LINK_SPLIT;
+       desc.ops = &replicator_cs_ops;
+       desc.pdata = adev->dev.platform_data;
+       desc.dev = &adev->dev;
+       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(&desc);
        if (IS_ERR(drvdata->csdev))
                return PTR_ERR(drvdata->csdev);
 
 
        struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
        struct coresight_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
        struct replicator_drvdata *drvdata;
-       struct coresight_desc *desc;
+       struct coresight_desc desc = { 0 };
        struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 
        if (np) {
        pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, drvdata);
 
-       desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!desc) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto out_disable_pm;
-       }
-
-       desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINK;
-       desc->subtype.link_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_LINK_SPLIT;
-       desc->ops = &replicator_cs_ops;
-       desc->pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
-       desc->dev = &pdev->dev;
-       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(desc);
+       desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINK;
+       desc.subtype.link_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_LINK_SPLIT;
+       desc.ops = &replicator_cs_ops;
+       desc.pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
+       desc.dev = &pdev->dev;
+       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(&desc);
        if (IS_ERR(drvdata->csdev)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(drvdata->csdev);
                goto out_disable_pm;
 
        struct resource *res = &adev->res;
        struct resource ch_res;
        size_t res_size, bitmap_size;
-       struct coresight_desc *desc;
+       struct coresight_desc desc = { 0 };
        struct device_node *np = adev->dev.of_node;
 
        if (np) {
                return -EPROBE_DEFER;
        }
 
-       desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!desc) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto stm_unregister;
-       }
-
-       desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SOURCE;
-       desc->subtype.source_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SOURCE_SOFTWARE;
-       desc->ops = &stm_cs_ops;
-       desc->pdata = pdata;
-       desc->dev = dev;
-       desc->groups = coresight_stm_groups;
-       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(desc);
+       desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SOURCE;
+       desc.subtype.source_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SOURCE_SOFTWARE;
+       desc.ops = &stm_cs_ops;
+       desc.pdata = pdata;
+       desc.dev = dev;
+       desc.groups = coresight_stm_groups;
+       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(&desc);
        if (IS_ERR(drvdata->csdev)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(drvdata->csdev);
                goto stm_unregister;
 
        struct coresight_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
        struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata;
        struct resource *res = &adev->res;
-       struct coresight_desc *desc;
+       struct coresight_desc desc = { 0 };
        struct device_node *np = adev->dev.of_node;
 
        if (np) {
        if (!drvdata)
                goto out;
 
-       desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!desc)
-               goto out;
-
        drvdata->dev = &adev->dev;
        dev_set_drvdata(dev, drvdata);
 
 
        pm_runtime_put(&adev->dev);
 
-       desc->pdata = pdata;
-       desc->dev = dev;
-       desc->subtype.sink_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SINK_BUFFER;
-       desc->groups = coresight_tmc_groups;
+       desc.pdata = pdata;
+       desc.dev = dev;
+       desc.groups = coresight_tmc_groups;
 
        if (drvdata->config_type == TMC_CONFIG_TYPE_ETB) {
-               desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK;
-               desc->ops = &tmc_etb_cs_ops;
+               desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK;
+               desc.subtype.sink_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SINK_BUFFER;
+               desc.ops = &tmc_etb_cs_ops;
        } else if (drvdata->config_type == TMC_CONFIG_TYPE_ETR) {
-               desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK;
-               desc->ops = &tmc_etr_cs_ops;
+               desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK;
+               desc.subtype.sink_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SINK_BUFFER;
+               desc.ops = &tmc_etr_cs_ops;
        } else {
-               desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINKSINK;
-               desc->subtype.link_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_LINK_FIFO;
-               desc->ops = &tmc_etf_cs_ops;
+               desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINKSINK;
+               desc.subtype.link_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_LINK_FIFO;
+               desc.ops = &tmc_etf_cs_ops;
        }
 
-       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(desc);
+       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(&desc);
        if (IS_ERR(drvdata->csdev)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(drvdata->csdev);
                goto out;
 
        struct coresight_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
        struct tpiu_drvdata *drvdata;
        struct resource *res = &adev->res;
-       struct coresight_desc *desc;
+       struct coresight_desc desc = { 0 };
        struct device_node *np = adev->dev.of_node;
 
        if (np) {
 
        pm_runtime_put(&adev->dev);
 
-       desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!desc)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       desc->type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK;
-       desc->subtype.sink_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SINK_PORT;
-       desc->ops = &tpiu_cs_ops;
-       desc->pdata = pdata;
-       desc->dev = dev;
-       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(desc);
+       desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK;
+       desc.subtype.sink_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_SINK_PORT;
+       desc.ops = &tpiu_cs_ops;
+       desc.pdata = pdata;
+       desc.dev = dev;
+       drvdata->csdev = coresight_register(&desc);
        if (IS_ERR(drvdata->csdev))
                return PTR_ERR(drvdata->csdev);