Re: [PATCH v2 06/16] clk: starfive: Add JH7100 clock generator driver

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Oct 27 2021 - 05:31:14 EST


On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 05:54:03PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Emil Renner Berthing (2021-10-26 15:35:36)
> > On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 at 22:20, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Quoting Emil Renner Berthing (2021-10-21 10:42:13)

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> > > > +static int __init clk_starfive_jh7100_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >
> > > Drop __init as this can be called after kernel init is over.
> >
> > Oh interesting, I'd like to know when that can happen. The comment for
> > the builtin_platform_driver macro says it's just a wrapper for
>
> I thought this was using module_platform_driver() macro?
>
> > device_initcall.
> >
> > Won't we then need to remove all the __initconst tags too since the
> > probe function walks through jh7100_clk_data which eventually
> > references all __initconst data?
>
> Yes. If it's builtin_platform_driver() it can't be a module/tristate
> Kconfig, in which case all the init markings can stay.

What about bind/unbind attribute?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko