Re: [PATCH 07/19] rtc: rtc-ps3: remove erroneous __init/__exit annotations

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Thu Feb 28 2013 - 03:56:14 EST


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Jingoo Han <jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> __init/__exit annotations for probe()/remove() are supposed to be
> __devinit/__devexit, because __init/__exit for probe()/remove()
> are not correct. However, __devinit/__devexit are not used,
> because CONFIG_HOTPLUG was removed. Thus, these annotations
> should be removed.

Nack.

This driver does not use platform_driver_register(), but
platform_driver_probe().
Hence the .probe can only be called from platform_driver_probe()
(which is __init),
not at any later time.

I did not check the other drivers you sent patches for.

> Signed-off-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/rtc/rtc-ps3.c | 6 +++---
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ps3.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ps3.c
> index 968133c..8a24d11 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ps3.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ps3.c
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static const struct rtc_class_ops ps3_rtc_ops = {
> .set_time = ps3_set_time,
> };
>
> -static int __init ps3_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
> +static int ps3_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
> {
> struct rtc_device *rtc;
>
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int __init ps3_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static int __exit ps3_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
> +static int ps3_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
> {
> rtc_device_unregister(platform_get_drvdata(dev));
> return 0;
> @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static struct platform_driver ps3_rtc_driver = {
> .name = "rtc-ps3",
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> },
> - .remove = __exit_p(ps3_rtc_remove),
> + .remove = ps3_rtc_remove,
> };
>
> static int __init ps3_rtc_init(void)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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