[PATCH v3 6/7] vfio: platform: use list of registered reset function
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Fri Oct 23 06:12:16 PDT 2015
On Friday 23 October 2015 14:37:14 Eric Auger wrote:
> Remove the static lookup table and use the dynamic list of registered
> reset functions instead. Also load the reset module through its alias.
> The reset struct module pointer is stored in vfio_platform_device.
>
> We also remove the useless struct device pointer parameter in
> vfio_platform_get_reset.
>
> This patch fixes the issue related to the usage of __symbol_get, which
> besides from being moot, prevented compilation with CONFIG_MODULES
> disabled.
>
> Also usage of MODULE_ALIAS makes possible to add a new reset module
> without needing to update the framework. This was suggested by Arnd.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger at linaro.org>
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
>
>
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
but doesn't this need to come before patch 4/7?
Arnd
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