Re: [RFC PATCH RESEND 2/3] leds: upboard: Add LED support

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2018-04-26 at 03:34 +0100, Javier Arteaga wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 07:15:45PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Sat, 2018-04-21 at 09:50 +0100, Javier Arteaga wrote:

> > > +static int __init upboard_led_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > 
> > Are you sure about __init here?
> 
> Not 100% now :)
> 
> My understanding was that in this context, __init allows this probe()
> to
> be dropped from memory after module load.
> 
> What am I doing wrong there?

Just give another thought about it. The keyword(s) here is(are): time to
live of the objects in question. It's good to get knowing what unbind-
bind means (for built-in drivers).

> > > +	struct upboard_led_data * const pdata = pdev-
> > > > dev.platform_data;
> > 
> > Don't use direct dereference to platform_data.
> 
> Sorry, I don't understand this one. What's the alternative?

See other drivers how they do that stuff. Hint: check inline functions
in include/linux/device.h.

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Intel Finland Oy
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