[PATCH] Extend device_platform_driver macro

[Sascha Hauer]

Hi Alexander,

On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 01:05:14PM +0400, Alexander Shiyan wrote:
> This patch extends device_platform_driver macro, so now we allow
> use it with various init levels and subsystems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Shiyan <shc_work at mail.ru>
> ---
>  include/driver.h | 17 ++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/driver.h b/include/driver.h
> index 46c56c0..b891f80 100644
> --- a/include/driver.h
> +++ b/include/driver.h
> @@ -395,16 +395,19 @@ extern struct bus_type platform_bus;
>  
>  int platform_driver_register(struct driver_d *drv);
>  
> -/* device_platform_driver() - Helper macro for drivers that don't do
> +/* register_driver_macro() - Helper macro for drivers that don't do
>   * anything special in module registration. This eliminates a lot of
>   * boilerplate. Each module may only use this macro once.
>   */
> -#define device_platform_driver(drv)			\
> -	static int __init drv ## _register(void)	\
> -	{						\
> -		return platform_driver_register(&drv);	\
> -	}						\
> -	device_initcall(drv ## _register)
> +#define register_driver_macro(level,subsystem,drv)		\
> +	static int __init drv##_register(void)			\
> +	{							\
> +		return subsystem##_driver_register(&drv);	\
> +	}							\
> +	level##_initcall(drv##_register)

So the usage would look like:

register_driver_macro(device, i2c, &mc_driver)

?

I'm not sure if I like this. I'm a bit concerned about being able
to grep for for example i2c_register_driver. This would become

wcgrep register_driver_macro | grep i2c

or similar.

What do others think about it?

Sascha

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