Re: [PATCH] as3645a: move .remove under .devexit.text

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Sat, 2012-04-21 at 19:36 +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote: 
> Hi Andy,
> 
> Thanks for the patch.
> 
> On Thursday 19 April 2012 16:48:10 Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > There is no needs to keep .remove under .exit.text. This driver is for a
> > standalone chip that could be on any board and connected to any i2c bus.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/video/as3645a.c |    4 ++--
> >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/video/as3645a.c b/drivers/media/video/as3645a.c
> > index 7a3371f..dc2571f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/video/as3645a.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/video/as3645a.c
> > @@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ done:
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> > 
> > -static int __exit as3645a_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
> > +static int __devexit as3645a_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
> 
> What about also marking as3645a_probe() with __devinit ?
Yup, we might mark probe() and init_controls() with such tag.


> I might be missing 
> something though, as we have very few I2C drivers in drivers/media/video with 
> a probe function marked with __devinit (or remove function marked with 
> __devexit). Is it time for some cleanup ?
The question is not for me. If I understand correctly that allows not to
keep such code (probe() & related) in the memory after device
initialization. And not use remove() at all in case of CONFIG_MODULE /
CONFIG_HOTPLUG is off.

> 
> >  {
> >  	struct v4l2_subdev *subdev = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
> >  	struct as3645a *flash = to_as3645a(subdev);
> > @@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ static struct i2c_driver as3645a_i2c_driver = {
> >  		.pm   = &as3645a_pm_ops,
> >  	},
> >  	.probe	= as3645a_probe,
> > -	.remove	= __exit_p(as3645a_remove),
> > +	.remove	= __devexit_p(as3645a_remove),
> >  	.id_table = as3645a_id_table,
> >  };
> 

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy