Re: [PATCH 14/58] move sh_flctl's probe function to .devinit.text

[Yoshihiro Shimoda]

Acked-by: Yoshihiro Shimoda <shimoda.yoshihiro@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Yoshihiro Shimoda

Uwe Kleine-KÃnig wrote:
> A pointer to flctl_probe is passed to the core via
> platform_driver_register and so the function must not disappear when the
> .init sections are discarded.  Otherwise (if also having HOTPLUG=y)
> unbinding and binding a device to the driver via sysfs will result in an
> oops as does a device being registered late.
> 
> An alternative to this patch is using platform_driver_probe instead of
> platform_driver_register plus removing the pointer to the probe function
> from the struct platform_driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yoshihiro Shimoda <shimoda.yoshihiro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c
> index 821acb0..fdc0e4e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c
> @@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ static int flctl_chip_init_tail(struct mtd_info *mtd)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int __init flctl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +static int __devinit flctl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
>  	struct resource *res;
>  	struct sh_flctl *flctl;

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