Re: [PATCH 1/3] driver core: Add ability for arch code to setup pdev_archdata

[Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>]

On Aug 5, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

> Hi Kumar,
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> On Thu,  5 Aug 2010 10:15:45 -0500 Kumar Gala =
<galak@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>>=20
>> --- a/drivers/base/platform.c
>> +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
>> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
>> #include <linux/err.h>
>> #include <linux/slab.h>
>> #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>> +#include <asm/platform_device.h>
>>=20
>> #include "base.h"
>>=20
>> @@ -170,6 +171,9 @@ struct platform_device =
*platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id)
>> 		pa->pdev.id =3D id;
>> 		device_initialize(&pa->pdev.dev);
>> 		pa->pdev.dev.release =3D platform_device_release;
>> +#ifdef ARCH_HAS_PDEV_ARCHDATA_SETUP
>> +		arch_setup_pdev_archdata(&pa->pdev);
>> +#endif
>> 	}
>>=20
>> 	return pa ? &pa->pdev : NULL;
>> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/platform_device.h =
b/include/asm-generic/platform_device.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..64806dc
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/include/asm-generic/platform_device.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
>> +#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_PLATFORM_DEVICE_H_
>> +#define __ASM_GENERIC_PLATFORM_DEVICE_H_
>> +/*
>> + * an architecture can override to define arch_setup_pdev_archdata
>> + */
>> +
>> +#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_PLATFORM_DEVICE_H_ */
>=20
> Why not do:
>=20
> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>=20
> #ifndef arch_setup_pdev_archdata
> static inline void arch_setup_pdev_archdata(struct platform_device =
*pdev) { }
> #endif
>=20
> in asm-generic/platform-device.h
>=20
> and the the call in platform_device_alloc() can be unconditional.  If =
the arch wants to override arch_setup_pdev_archdata, it defines the =
function and then does
>=20
> #define arch_setup_pdev_archdata arch_setup_pdev_archdata
>=20
> before still including asm-generic/platform_device.h

I've got no issues with the style change.

- k=