[PATCH 1/2] siox: add helper macro to simplify driver registration

From: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Date: Mon Jun 24 2019 - 01:40:51 EST


From: Enrico Weigelt <info@xxxxxxxxx>

Add more helper macros for trivial driver init cases, similar to the
already existing module_platform_driver() or module_i2c_driver().

This helps to reduce driver init boilerplate.

Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt <info@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/siox.h | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/siox.h b/include/linux/siox.h
index a860cb8..da7225b 100644
--- a/include/linux/siox.h
+++ b/include/linux/siox.h
@@ -72,3 +72,13 @@ static inline void siox_driver_unregister(struct siox_driver *sdriver)
{
return driver_unregister(&sdriver->driver);
}
+
+/*
+ * module_siox_driver() - Helper macro for drivers that don't do
+ * anything special in module init/exit. This eliminates a lot of
+ * boilerplate. Each module may only use this macro once, and
+ * calling it replaces module_init() and module_exit()
+ */
+#define module_siox_driver(__siox_driver) \
+ module_driver(__siox_driver, siox_driver_register, \
+ siox_driver_unregister)
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