[PATCH 02/14] power: reset: at91-reset:: Stop using module_platform_driver_probe()

Uwe Kleine-König u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de
Sat Nov 4 14:15:04 PDT 2023


On today's platforms the benefit of platform_driver_probe() isn't that
relevant any more. It allows to drop some code after booting (or module
loading) for .probe() and discard the .remove() function completely if
the driver is built-in. This typically saves a few 100k.

The downside of platform_driver_probe() is that the driver cannot be
bound and unbound at runtime which is ancient and so slightly
complicates testing. There are also thoughts to deprecate
platform_driver_probe() because it adds some complexity in the driver
core for little gain. Also many drivers don't use it correctly. This
driver for example misses to mark the driver struct with __ref which is
needed to suppress a (W=1) modpost warning.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
---
 drivers/power/reset/at91-reset.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/reset/at91-reset.c b/drivers/power/reset/at91-reset.c
index aa9b012d3d00..af85f2f929ba 100644
--- a/drivers/power/reset/at91-reset.c
+++ b/drivers/power/reset/at91-reset.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static int at91_rcdev_init(struct at91_reset *reset,
 	return devm_reset_controller_register(&pdev->dev, &reset->rcdev);
 }
 
-static int __init at91_reset_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int at91_reset_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	const struct of_device_id *match;
 	struct at91_reset *reset;
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static int __init at91_reset_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __exit at91_reset_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int at91_reset_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct at91_reset *reset = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
@@ -428,13 +428,14 @@ static int __exit at91_reset_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 }
 
 static struct platform_driver at91_reset_driver = {
-	.remove = __exit_p(at91_reset_remove),
+	.probe = at91_reset_probe,
+	.remove = at91_reset_remove,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "at91-reset",
 		.of_match_table = at91_reset_of_match,
 	},
 };
-module_platform_driver_probe(at91_reset_driver, at91_reset_probe);
+module_platform_driver(at91_reset_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Atmel Corporation");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Reset driver for Atmel SoCs");
-- 
2.42.0




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