[PATCH 10/10] drivers: misc: use module_platform_driver_probe()

Fabio Porcedda fabio.porcedda at gmail.com
Mon Mar 18 07:20:07 EDT 2013


On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
> On Monday 18 March 2013, Fabio Porcedda wrote:
>> Since by using platform_driver_probe() the  function
>> ep93xx_pwm_probe() is freed after initialization,
>> is better to use module_platform_drive_probe().
>> IMHO i don't see any good reason to use module_platform_driver() for
>> this driver.
>
> As I commented earlier, the platform_driver_probe() and
> module_platform_drive_probe() interfaces are rather dangerous in combination
> with deferred probing, I would much prefer Harley's patch.

Since those drivers don't use -EPROBE_DEFER i was thinking that they don't use
deferred probing.
I'm missing something?

Best regards
Fabio Porcedda

>         Arnd



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