Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] reset: aspeed: register AST2700 reset auxiliary bus device

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 24/02/2025 10:55, Ryan Chen wrote:
> +
> +static void aspeed_reset_unregister_adev(void *_adev)
> +{
> +	struct auxiliary_device *adev = _adev;
> +
> +	auxiliary_device_delete(adev);
> +	auxiliary_device_uninit(adev);
> +}
> +
> +static void aspeed_reset_adev_release(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	struct auxiliary_device *adev = to_auxiliary_dev(dev);
> +
> +	kfree(adev);
> +}
> +

Every exported function *must* have kerneldoc.

> +int aspeed_reset_controller_register(struct device *clk_dev, void __iomem *base,
> +				     const char *adev_name)
> +{
> +	struct auxiliary_device *adev;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	adev = kzalloc(sizeof(*adev), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!adev)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	adev->name = adev_name;
> +	adev->dev.parent = clk_dev;
> +	adev->dev.release = aspeed_reset_adev_release;
> +	adev->id = 666u;
> +
> +	ret = auxiliary_device_init(adev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		kfree(adev);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = auxiliary_device_add(adev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		auxiliary_device_uninit(adev);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	adev->dev.platform_data = (__force void *)base;
> +
> +	return devm_add_action_or_reset(clk_dev, aspeed_reset_unregister_adev, adev);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aspeed_reset_controller_register);

No, you cannot export functions without users. There is no single user
of this, so this is not justified at all.




Best regards,
Krzysztof