Re: Correct use of __init and __devinit

[Haavard Skinnemoen]

On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:01:43 +0100
Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So of the principle of least suprise it is best to use __devinit
> for the probe function as most other drivers do. And if
> the driver model happens to call your probe function after
> init time then we will not oops.

If you're dealing with platform_devices, you can use
platform_driver_probe() and remove the probe() function from the
platform_driver struct to ensure this never happens.

This is only ok for non-hotpluggable devices, of course.

Haavard
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