Re: [PATCH] irqchip/qcom-irq-combiner: Rename driver structure

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, Oct 17 2025 at 07:52, Johan Hovold wrote:
> The "_probe" suffix of the driver structure name prevents modpost from
> warning about section mismatches so replace it to catch any future
> issues like the recently fixed probe function being incorrectly marked
> as __init.

I take this grudgingly, but not without pointing out again that this is
just a horrible hack. Why can't this stuff be properly annotated and
recorded in a throwaway section so that modpost can act on reliable data
instead of using string matching on arbitrary function names?

Thanks,

        tglx