Re: [PATCH] register mmci-omap-hs using platform_driver_probe

From: David Brownell
Date: Wed Jul 22 2009 - 13:38:16 EST


On Tuesday 21 July 2009, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> omap_mmc_probe lives in .init.text, so using platform_driver_register
> to register it is wrong because binding a device after the init memory
> is discarded (e.g. via sysfs) results in an oops.
>
> As requested by David Brownell platform_driver_probe is used instead of
> moving the probe function to .devinit.text as proposed initially.
> This saves some memory, but devices registered after the driver is
> probed are not bound (probably there are none) and binding via sysfs
> isn't possible.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jean Pihet <jpihet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Lowe <alowe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <ext-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Cc: Madhusudhan Chikkature<madhu.cr@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c | 3 +--
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
> index 1cf9cfb..40d9830 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
> @@ -1307,7 +1307,6 @@ clk_en_err:
> #endif
>
> static struct platform_driver omap_mmc_driver = {
> - .probe = omap_mmc_probe,
> .remove = omap_mmc_remove,
> .suspend = omap_mmc_suspend,
> .resume = omap_mmc_resume,
> @@ -1320,7 +1319,7 @@ static struct platform_driver omap_mmc_driver = {
> static int __init omap_mmc_init(void)
> {
> /* Register the MMC driver */
> - return platform_driver_register(&omap_mmc_driver);
> + return platform_driver_probe(&omap_mmc_driver, omap_mmc_probe);
> }
>
> static void __exit omap_mmc_cleanup(void)
> --
> tg: (4b0a840..) t/platsection/omap_mmc_driver (depends on: linus/master)
>
>



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