Re: [PATCH 31/58] move omap_hdq's probe function to .devinit.text

Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-03-28T08:22:18Z

Hi Uwe.

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:26:52AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König (u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de) wrote:
> A pointer to omap_hdq_probe is passed to the core via
> platform_driver_register and so the function must not disappear when the
> .init sections are discarded. Otherwise (if also having HOTPLUG=y)
> unbinding and binding a device to the driver via sysfs will result in an
> oops as does a device being registered late.
>
> An alternative to this patch is using platform_driver_probe instead of
> platform_driver_register plus removing the pointer to the probe function
> from the struct platform_driver.

I wonder if it can be hotplugged, but for the consistency it looks good.

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Evgeniy Polyakov