Re: [PATCH 1/5] drivercore: Generalize module_platform_driver

From: Guennadi Liakhovetski
Date: Fri Jan 13 2012 - 04:08:11 EST


I didn't find this patch either in "next" or in Greg's "driver-core"
trees, so, couldn't generate a patch and had to comment here:

On Wed, 16 Nov 2011, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:

> This patch generalizes the module_platform_driver macro and introduces a new
> module_driver macro. The module_driver macro takes a driver name, a register
> and a unregister function for this driver type. Using these it construct the
> module init and exit sections which register and unregister the driver. Since
> such init/exit sections are commonly found in drivers this macro can be used
> to eliminate a lot of boilerplate code.
>
> The macro is not intended to be used by driver modules directly, instead it
> should be used to generate bus specific macros for registering drivers like
> the module_platform_driver macro.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/init.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/platform_device.h | 12 ++----------
> 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
> index 9146f39..3e2d238 100644
> --- a/include/linux/init.h
> +++ b/include/linux/init.h
> @@ -346,4 +346,25 @@ void __init parse_early_options(char *cmdline);
> #define __exit_p(x) NULL
> #endif
>
> +/**
> + * module_driver() - Helper macro for drivers that don't do anything
> + * special in module init/exit. This eliminates a lot of boilerplate.
> + * Each module may only use this macro once, and calling it replaces
> + * module_init() and module_exit().
> + * Use this macro to construct bus specific macros for registering
> + * drivers.
> + */
> +#define module_driver(__driver, __register, __unregister) \
> +static int __init __driver##_init(void) \
> +{ \
> + return __register(&(__driver)); \
> +} \
> +module_init(__driver##_init); \
> +static void __exit __driver##_exit(void) \
> +{ \
> + __unregister(&(__driver)); \
> +} \
> +module_exit(__driver##_exit);

Shall we maybe remove the trailing semicolon above?

Thanks
Guennadi

> +
> #endif /* _LINUX_INIT_H */
> +
> diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
> index 2a23f7d..165a8d1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
> +++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
> @@ -196,16 +196,8 @@ static inline void platform_set_drvdata(struct platform_device *pdev, void *data
> * calling it replaces module_init() and module_exit()
> */
> #define module_platform_driver(__platform_driver) \
> -static int __init __platform_driver##_init(void) \
> -{ \
> - return platform_driver_register(&(__platform_driver)); \
> -} \
> -module_init(__platform_driver##_init); \
> -static void __exit __platform_driver##_exit(void) \
> -{ \
> - platform_driver_unregister(&(__platform_driver)); \
> -} \
> -module_exit(__platform_driver##_exit);
> + module_driver(__platform_driver, platform_driver_register, \
> + platform_driver_unregister)
>
> extern struct platform_device *platform_create_bundle(struct platform_driver *driver,
> int (*probe)(struct platform_device *),
> --
> 1.7.7.1
>
>
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