Re: [PATCH] make mmci-omap using platform_driver_probe

[Pierre Ossman]

On Thu,  2 Apr 2009 19:47:41 +0200
Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A pointer to mmc_omap_probe which lives in .init.text is passed to the
> core via platform_driver_register and so the kernel might oops if probe
> is called after the init code is discarded.
> 
> As requested by David Brownell platform_driver_probe is used instead of
> moving the probe function to .devinit.text.  This saves some memory, but
> might have the downside that a device being registered after the call to
> mmc_omap_init but before the init sections are discarded will not be
> bound anymore to the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Grazvydas Ignotas <notasas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-mmc@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jarkko Lavinen <jarkko.lavinen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hiroshi DOYU <Hiroshi.DOYU@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Carlos Eduardo Aguiar <carlos.aguiar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---

Queued.

Rgds
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