Hi Jean, > 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; > } > > > Patch has been added to linux-watchdog-next. Kind regards, Wim. -- 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