Re: [PATCH 2/5] clocksource: timer-stm32-lp: Mark driver as non-removable

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Mon Mar 13 2023 - 05:43:56 EST


Hello,

On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 08:54:27AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> The comment in the remove callback suggests that the driver is not
> supposed to be unbound. However returning an error code in the remove
> callback doesn't accomplish that. Instead set the suppress_bind_attrs
> property (which makes it impossible to unbind the driver via sysfs).
> The only remaining way to unbind an stm32-lp device would be module
> unloading, but that doesn't apply here, as the driver cannot be built as
> a module.
>
> Also drop the useless remove callback.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/clocksource/timer-stm32-lp.c | 7 +------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-stm32-lp.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-stm32-lp.c
> index db2841d0beb8..616ea4fe4234 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-stm32-lp.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-stm32-lp.c
> @@ -195,11 +195,6 @@ static int stm32_clkevent_lp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return ret;
> }
>
> -static int stm32_clkevent_lp_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> -{
> - return -EBUSY; /* cannot unregister clockevent */
> -}
> -
> static const struct of_device_id stm32_clkevent_lp_of_match[] = {
> { .compatible = "st,stm32-lptimer-timer", },
> {},
> @@ -207,11 +202,11 @@ static const struct of_device_id stm32_clkevent_lp_of_match[] = {
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, stm32_clkevent_lp_of_match);
>
> static struct platform_driver stm32_clkevent_lp_driver = {
> - .probe = stm32_clkevent_lp_probe,
> .remove = stm32_clkevent_lp_remove,

This is of course broken, I intended to drop the remove line ... and
only noticed that breakage after sending out the patch set :-\

So please either skip this patch, or fixup while applying. If you do the
former I'll come back to this driver and send a fixed patch.

Best regards and sorry
Uwe

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