[PATCH 03/14] power: reset: at91-sama5d2_shdwc: Stop using module_platform_driver_probe()

claudiu beznea claudiu.beznea at tuxon.dev
Tue Nov 7 22:55:24 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>

Reviewed-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea at tuxon.dev>

> ---
>  drivers/power/reset/at91-sama5d2_shdwc.c | 9 +++++----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/power/reset/at91-sama5d2_shdwc.c b/drivers/power/reset/at91-sama5d2_shdwc.c
> index e76b102b57b1..ef8add623363 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/reset/at91-sama5d2_shdwc.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/reset/at91-sama5d2_shdwc.c
> @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id at91_pmc_ids[] = {
>  	{ /* Sentinel. */ }
>  };
>  
> -static int __init at91_shdwc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +static int at91_shdwc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
>  	const struct of_device_id *match;
>  	struct device_node *np;
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static int __init at91_shdwc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -static int __exit at91_shdwc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +static int at91_shdwc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
>  	struct shdwc *shdw = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>  
> @@ -442,13 +442,14 @@ static int __exit at91_shdwc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  }
>  
>  static struct platform_driver at91_shdwc_driver = {
> -	.remove = __exit_p(at91_shdwc_remove),
> +	.probe = at91_shdwc_probe,
> +	.remove = at91_shdwc_remove,
>  	.driver = {
>  		.name = "at91-shdwc",
>  		.of_match_table = at91_shdwc_of_match,
>  	},
>  };
> -module_platform_driver_probe(at91_shdwc_driver, at91_shdwc_probe);
> +module_platform_driver(at91_shdwc_driver);
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at atmel.com>");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atmel shutdown controller driver");



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