Re: [PATCH] platform: add new device registration helper

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:33:18 +0400 Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 05:20:50PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Fri,  5 Sep 2008 01:30:16 +0400
> > Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Add a helper that registers simple platform_device
> > > w/o resources but with parent and device data.
> > > 
> > > This is usefull to cleanup platform code from code that
> > > registers such simple devices as leds-gpio, generic-bl,
> > > etc.
> > > 
> > 
> > nits:
> > 
> > > + *
> > > + * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
> > > + * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
> > > + * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
> > > + * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
> > > + * dropped.
> > 
> > Should document the return value (tested with IS_ERR)
> 
> Will the wording "Returns a valid platform device, or a valid IS_ERR
> condition containing errno" be appropriate?

Sounds good.

> 
> BTW: would you prefer the followup "fix" patch or just the replacement
> one?
> 

Doesn't worry me at this stage, but Greg would probably like a whole
new patch, as he probably didn't merge version 1.