From: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
To: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com>
Cc: "Greg KH" <gregkh@suse.de>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Lennert Buijtenhek" <buytenh@marvell.com>,
"Saeed Bishara" <saeed@marvell.com>,
"Jörn Engel" <joern@logfs.org>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] move orion_nand's probe function to .devinit.text
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:09:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090714080947.GA2896@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0907131536070.3138@xanadu.home>
Hi Nicolas,
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 03:37:23PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
>
> > A pointer to orion_nand_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.
>
> For those kind of platform devices I'd prefer the alternative.
Can I interpret that as your intend to implement and test it?
Best regards
Uwe
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2009-06-16 5:13 [GIT PATCH] USB patches for 2.6.30-git Greg KH
[not found] ` <1245129858-23818-12-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de>
2009-06-16 6:05 ` [PATCH 012/143] USB: move twl4030_usb's probe function to .devinit.text Uwe Kleine-König
2009-06-16 6:20 ` Greg KH
2009-06-16 9:14 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-06-16 16:21 ` Greg KH
2009-06-16 17:59 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-06-16 18:00 ` Greg KH
2009-06-16 18:23 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-06-19 13:42 ` [PATCH] platform_driver_register: warn if probe is in .init.text Uwe Kleine-König
2009-06-19 14:11 ` Greg KH
2009-06-19 14:43 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-06-29 7:55 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 3:34 ` Greg KH
2009-07-11 10:00 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 17:05 ` Greg KH
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move acornfb's probe function to .devinit.text Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move am79c961's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move arcfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move at91_ether's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move cfag12864bfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move leds-clevo-mail's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move cobalt-lcd's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move corgi-ssp's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move efifb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move epson1355fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move sh_flctl's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move gbefb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move h1940-bt's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move hgafb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move hitfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move hp680-bl's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move hp-wmi's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move jazzsonic's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move jornada_ssp's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move macsonic's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move meth's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move omap24xxcam's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move omap_hdq's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move i2c_omap's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move mmci-omap-hs's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move orion_nand's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move q40fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move s3c241xfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move sa11x0-fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move sb1250-mac's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:52 ` [PATCH] move sgiseeq's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move sgivwfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move sgiwd93's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move sharpsl-pm's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move sh_mobile_lcdc_fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move snirm_53c710's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move stk17ta8's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move omap_udc's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move vesafb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move vfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move vga16fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move w100fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 20:53 ` [PATCH] move xtsonic's " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 22:26 ` [PATCH] move w100fb's " Ian molton
2009-07-11 22:30 ` [PATCH] move omap_udc's " David Brownell
2009-07-12 8:35 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-12 8:47 ` Russell King
2009-07-12 9:30 ` David Brownell
2009-07-12 13:17 ` Russell King
2009-07-12 20:07 ` David Brownell
2009-07-12 22:21 ` David Brownell
2009-07-13 9:10 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-13 21:31 ` David Brownell
2009-07-12 9:37 ` David Brownell
2009-07-12 20:48 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-12 22:12 ` David Brownell
2009-07-13 9:12 ` [PATCH] don't add clevo_mail_led_driver's probe function to the driver struct Uwe Kleine-König
2009-08-13 9:59 ` [PATCH] move stk17ta8's probe function to .devinit.text Jiri Kosina
2009-10-09 15:24 ` Jiri Kosina
2009-10-09 18:33 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-10-09 21:22 ` Jiri Kosina
2009-10-09 21:55 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-07-12 0:36 ` [PATCH] move sb1250-mac's " Maciej W. Rozycki
2009-07-13 19:37 ` [PATCH] move orion_nand's " Nicolas Pitre
2009-07-14 8:09 ` Uwe Kleine-König [this message]
2009-07-14 16:12 ` Nicolas Pitre
2009-07-14 17:17 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-21 20:46 ` [PATCH] register orion_nand using platform_driver_probe Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-21 22:26 ` Nicolas Pitre
2009-07-22 5:17 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 22:29 ` [PATCH] move mmci-omap-hs's probe function to .devinit.text David Brownell
2009-07-21 20:36 ` [PATCH] register mmci-omap-hs using platform_driver_probe Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-22 17:38 ` David Brownell
2009-07-21 15:14 ` [PATCH] move macsonic's probe function to .devinit.text Finn Thain
2009-07-21 19:20 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-21 19:20 ` David Miller
2009-07-21 19:40 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-21 19:41 ` David Miller
2009-09-19 23:09 ` [PATCH] move sh_flctl's " David Woodhouse
2009-09-21 7:43 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-13 13:51 ` [PATCH] move efifb's " Peter Jones
2009-07-13 8:44 ` [PATCH] move corgi-ssp's " Eric Miao
2009-07-13 9:01 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 22:27 ` [PATCH] move at91_ether's " David Brownell
2009-07-21 20:11 ` [PATCH] register at91_ether using platform_driver_probe Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-22 17:37 ` David Brownell
2009-07-22 17:46 ` Andrew Victor
2009-07-22 18:24 ` David Miller
2009-09-07 14:19 ` [PATCH] platform_driver_register: warn if probe is in .init.text Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-22 17:06 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-22 17:38 ` Greg KH
2010-01-22 19:49 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-22 23:49 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-01-23 9:49 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-25 17:14 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-01-25 19:25 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-25 19:31 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 01/29] move acornfb's probe function to .devinit.text Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 23:25 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2010-01-23 23:28 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2010-01-26 8:46 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 02/29] move am79c961's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 03/29] move arcfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 04/29] move cfag12864bfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 05/29] move cobalt-lcd's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 06/29] move corgi-ssp's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 07/29] move efifb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-26 16:20 ` Peter Jones
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 08/29] move epson1355fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 09/29] move gbefb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 10/29] move h1940-bt's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 11/29] move hgafb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 12/29] move hitfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 13/29] move hp-wmi's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 14/29] move jornada_ssp's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 15/29] move omap24xxcam's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 16/29] move omap_hdq's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 17/29] move i2c_omap's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 18/29] move q40fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 19/29] move s3c241xfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 20/29] move sa11x0-fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 21/29] move sgivwfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 22/29] move sgiwd93's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 23/29] move sharpsl-pm's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 24/29] move sh_mobile_lcdc_fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 25/29] move snirm_53c710's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 26/29] move vesafb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 27/29] move vfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 28/29] move vga16fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-23 20:35 ` [PATCH 29/29] move w100fb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-24 21:09 ` [PATCH] platform_driver_register: warn if probe is in .init.text OGAWA Hirofumi
2010-01-26 8:47 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-28 1:14 ` Greg KH
2010-01-30 20:44 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-30 20:46 ` [PATCH 1/7] modpost: members of *driver structs should not point to __init functions Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-30 20:46 ` [PATCH 2/7] modpost: define ALL_XYX{IN,EX}IT_SECTIONS Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-30 20:46 ` [PATCH 3/7] modpost: give most mismatch constants a better name Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-30 20:46 ` [PATCH 4/7] modpost: pass around const struct sectioncheck * instead of enum mismatch Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-30 20:46 ` [PATCH 5/7] modpost: remove now unused NO_MISMATCH constant Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-30 20:46 ` [PATCH 6/7] modpost: make symbol white list a per mismatch type variable Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-30 20:46 ` [PATCH 7/7] modpost: don't allow *driver to reference .init.* Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-31 16:02 ` [PATCH] platform_driver_register: warn if probe is in .init.text Sam Ravnborg
2010-01-31 20:13 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-02 15:25 ` Michal Marek
2010-02-01 14:57 ` [PATCH] i2c/imx: don't add probe function to the driver struct Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-26 8:59 ` [PATCH] platform_driver_register: warn if probe is in .init.text Uwe Kleine-König
2010-01-26 14:30 ` Greg KH
2010-01-28 18:02 ` Greg KH
2010-02-03 9:42 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-03 15:08 ` Greg KH
2010-02-04 19:56 ` [PATCH 1/9] platform-drivers: move probe to .devinit.text in arch/arm Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-04 20:56 ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2010-02-04 21:09 ` Kristoffer Ericson
2010-02-04 21:20 ` Arnaud Patard
2010-02-04 19:56 ` [PATCH 2/9] platform-drivers: move probe to .devinit.text in drivers/scsi Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-04 20:25 ` Ralf Baechle
2010-02-04 21:31 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-04 19:56 ` [PATCH 4/9] x86: move hp-wmi's probe function to .devinit.text Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-04 20:05 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-02-04 19:56 ` [PATCH 5/9] i2c: move i2c_omap's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-04 19:56 ` [PATCH 6/9] w1: move omap_hdq's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-04 19:56 ` [PATCH 7/9] media: move omap24xxcam's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-04 19:56 ` [PATCH 8/9] auxdisplay: move cfag12864bfb's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-04 19:56 ` [PATCH 9/9] net: move am79c961's " Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-04 20:05 ` David Miller
2010-02-04 20:06 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-02-12 20:11 ` David Miller
2010-02-17 20:46 ` Greg KH
2009-09-21 7:54 ` [PATCH] platform_driver_register: warn if probe is in .init.text Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-11 18:59 ` Greg KH
2009-07-11 20:46 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2009-07-16 22:58 ` Greg KH
2009-07-17 8:34 ` Uwe Kleine-König
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-01-12 22:12 platform_driver's probe functions must not be located " Uwe Kleine-König
2009-01-12 22:24 ` [PATCH] move orion_nand's probe function to .devinit.text Uwe Kleine-König
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