Using platform_driver_probe instead of platform_driver_register has
two benefits:
* The driver will fail to load if device probing fails.
* The probe function can be marked __init.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c | 21 +++++++++------------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--- linux-3.14-rc6.orig/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c 2014-01-20 03:40:07.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-3.14-rc6/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c 2014-03-14 10:32:39.208535731 +0100
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static struct miscdevice acq_miscdev = {
* Init & exit routines
*/
-static int acq_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
+static int __init acq_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
{
int ret;
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ static void acq_shutdown(struct platform
}
static struct platform_driver acquirewdt_driver = {
- .probe = acq_probe,
.remove = acq_remove,
.shutdown = acq_shutdown,
.driver = {
@@ -306,20 +305,18 @@ static int __init acq_init(void)
pr_info("WDT driver for Acquire single board computer initialising\n");
- err = platform_driver_register(&acquirewdt_driver);
- if (err)
- return err;
-
acq_platform_device = platform_device_register_simple(DRV_NAME,
-1, NULL, 0);
- if (IS_ERR(acq_platform_device)) {
- err = PTR_ERR(acq_platform_device);
- goto unreg_platform_driver;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(acq_platform_device))
+ return PTR_ERR(acq_platform_device);
+
+ err = platform_driver_probe(&acquirewdt_driver, acq_probe);
+ if (err)
+ goto unreg_platform_device;
return 0;
-unreg_platform_driver:
- platform_driver_unregister(&acquirewdt_driver);
+unreg_platform_device:
+ platform_device_unregister(acq_platform_device);
return err;
}
--
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support
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