Hi Fabio Porcedda, > -----Original Message----- > From: Fabio Porcedda [mailto:fabio.porcedda@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 2013年1月8日 18:18 > To: Yang, Wenyou > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ferre, Nicolas; Jean-Christophe > PLAGNIOL-VILLARD; Lin, JM; Wim Van Sebroeck; > linux-watchdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Geert > Uytterhoeven > Subject: Re: [v3 PATCH 7/9] watchdog/at91sam9_wdt: Use > module_platform_driver() > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 3:38 AM, Wenyou Yang <wenyou.yang@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Using module_platform_driver() replaces module_init() and module_exit() > > and makes the code simpler. > > > > Remove '__init' annotation from the function 'at91wdt_probe' > > since the driver becomes hot-plug aware now. > > > > Signed-off-by: Wenyou Yang <wenyou.yang@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: wim@xxxxxxxxx > > Cc: linux-watchdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --- > > drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c | 16 +++------------- > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c > b/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c > > index 94be9d6..7c13dda 100644 > > --- a/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c > > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c > > @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static struct watchdog_device at91wdt_wdd = { > > .ops = &at91wdt_ops, > > }; > > > > -static int __init at91wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > > +static int at91wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > > { > > struct at91wdt_drvdata *driver_data; > > struct resource *r; > > @@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, at91_wdt_dt_ids); > > #endif > > > > static struct platform_driver at91wdt_driver = { > > + .probe = at91wdt_probe, > > .remove = __exit_p(at91wdt_remove), > > .driver = { > > .name = "at91_wdt", > > @@ -281,18 +282,7 @@ static struct platform_driver at91wdt_driver = { > > }, > > }; > > > > -static int __init at91sam_wdt_init(void) > > -{ > > - return platform_driver_probe(&at91wdt_driver, at91wdt_probe); > > -} > > - > > -static void __exit at91sam_wdt_exit(void) > > -{ > > - platform_driver_unregister(&at91wdt_driver); > > -} > > - > > -module_init(at91sam_wdt_init); > > -module_exit(at91sam_wdt_exit); > > +module_platform_driver(at91wdt_driver); > > > > MODULE_AUTHOR("Renaud CERRATO <r.cerrato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"); > > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Atmel AT91SAM9x > processors"); > > -- > > 1.7.9.5 > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > The module_platform_driver isn't a substitute of platform_driver_probe, > because module_platform_driver use platform_driver_register/unregister. > Using that macro we lose the advantage of platform_driver_probe, > as stated in: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/1/10/335 I just referred to the commit 6b761b2902c56b468370e0ee1691c37e0dae042a. Didn't think more about it. I will remove this patch in the next version. > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 21:47, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > [...] > >Still, setting up platform_driver.probe and removing __init from all probe > >functions is not the right thing to do, as this make (non-__init) kernel code > >size bigger, while none of these devices are hotpluggable and thus cannot > >appear after bootup. That's why we have platform_driver_probe() in the > >first place. So I think all of this should be reverted for non-hotpluggable > >drivers. > > [...] You said is reasonable, watchdog is not hotpluggable. > > Best regards > > -- > Fabio Porcedda Best Regards, Wenyou Yang ?韬{.n?????%??檩??w?{.n???{??h?Ф?塄}?财??j:+v?? ? ???2??璀??摺?囤??z夸z罐?+?????w棹f
