Re: [PATCH 4/6] clk: qcom: apss-ipq6018: add MODULE_ALIAS

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Mon Jul 11 2022 - 07:28:29 EST


On 11/07/2022 12:47, Robert Marko wrote:
> Add MODULE_ALIAS so that driver will be autoloaded if built as a module.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/clk/qcom/apss-ipq6018.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/qcom/apss-ipq6018.c b/drivers/clk/qcom/apss-ipq6018.c
> index f2f502e2d5a4..963c69f2c0c2 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/qcom/apss-ipq6018.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/qcom/apss-ipq6018.c
> @@ -101,5 +101,6 @@ static struct platform_driver apss_ipq6018_driver = {
>
> module_platform_driver(apss_ipq6018_driver);
>
> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:qcom,apss-ipq6018-clk");

That's not correct alias (no commas) and usually alias is not needed at
all. If you need one, please explain why it is needed. Module
autoloading works fine without aliases...

Best regards,
Krzysztof