From: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Introduce a helper to match, create and probe a platform device. This
is for drivers such as cpuidle or cpufreq that typically don't have a
bus device node and need to match on a system-level compatible property.
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/platform_device.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index ce8e4ff..0b4b1c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#define _PLATFORM_DEVICE_H_
#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
#define PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE (-1)
@@ -241,6 +242,28 @@ extern struct platform_device *platform_create_bundle(
struct resource *res, unsigned int n_res,
const void *data, size_t size);
+/*
+ * module_platform_driver_match_and_probe() - Helper macro for drivers without
+ * a bus device node and need to match on an arbitrary compatible property.
+ * This eliminates a lot of boilerplate. Each module may only use this macro
+ * once, and calling it replaces module_init() and module_exit()
+ */
+#define module_platform_driver_match_and_probe(__platform_driver, __platform_probe) \
+static int __init __platform_driver##_init(void) \
+{ \
+ if (of_find_matching_node(NULL, (__platform_driver).driver.of_match_table)) \
+ return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(platform_create_bundle(&(__platform_driver), \
+ __platform_probe, NULL, 0, NULL, 0)); \
+ else \
+ return -ENODEV; \
+} \
+module_init(__platform_driver##_init); \
+static void __exit __platform_driver##_exit(void) \
+{ \
+ platform_driver_unregister(&(__platform_driver)); \
+} \
+module_exit(__platform_driver##_exit);
+
/* early platform driver interface */
struct early_platform_driver {
const char *class_str;
--
1.8.1.2
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