Re: [PATCH 2/4] ata: pata_gayle: Stop using module_platform_driver_probe()

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On 11/5/23 6:00 PM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

> On today's platforms the benefit of platform_driver_probe() isn't that
> relevant any more. It allows to drop some code after booting (or module
> loading) for .probe() and discard the .remove() function completely if
> the driver is built-in. This typically saves a few 100k.
> 
> The downside of platform_driver_probe() is that the driver cannot be
> bound and unbound at runtime which is ancient and so slightly
> complicates testing. There are also thoughts to deprecate
> platform_driver_probe() because it adds some complexity in the driver
> core for little gain. Also many drivers don't use it correctly. This
> driver for example misses to mark the driver struct with __ref which is
> needed to suppress a (W=1) modpost warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx>

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MBR, Sergey



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