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/ib700wdt.c | 21 +++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- linux-3.14-rc6.orig/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c 2014-01-20 03:40:07.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-3.14-rc6/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c 2014-03-13 15:31:38.097211632 +0100 @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static struct miscdevice ibwdt_miscdev = * Init & exit routines */ -static int ibwdt_probe(struct platform_device *dev) +static int __init ibwdt_probe(struct platform_device *dev) { int res; @@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ static void ibwdt_shutdown(struct platfo } static struct platform_driver ibwdt_driver = { - .probe = ibwdt_probe, .remove = ibwdt_remove, .shutdown = ibwdt_shutdown, .driver = { @@ -351,21 +350,19 @@ static int __init ibwdt_init(void) pr_info("WDT driver for IB700 single board computer initialising\n"); - err = platform_driver_register(&ibwdt_driver); - if (err) - return err; - ibwdt_platform_device = platform_device_register_simple(DRV_NAME, -1, NULL, 0); - if (IS_ERR(ibwdt_platform_device)) { - err = PTR_ERR(ibwdt_platform_device); - goto unreg_platform_driver; - } + if (IS_ERR(ibwdt_platform_device)) + return PTR_ERR(ibwdt_platform_device); + + err = platform_driver_probe(&ibwdt_driver, ibwdt_probe); + if (err) + goto unreg_platform_device; return 0; -unreg_platform_driver: - platform_driver_unregister(&ibwdt_driver); +unreg_platform_device: + platform_device_unregister(ibwdt_platform_device); return err; } -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support -- 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