[PATCH 02/14] power: reset: at91-reset:: Stop using module_platform_driver_probe()
claudiu beznea
claudiu.beznea at tuxon.dev
Tue Nov 7 22:54:47 PST 2023
On 04.11.2023 23:15, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> 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>
Other than "::" in title:
Reviewed-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea at tuxon.dev>
> ---
> 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");
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