Re: [PATCH 01/22] virtio: store owner from modules with register_virtio_driver()

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Fri Mar 29 2024 - 08:08:10 EST


On 29/03/2024 12:42, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
>> };
>>
>> -int register_virtio_driver(struct virtio_driver *driver)
>> +int __register_virtio_driver(struct virtio_driver *driver, struct module *owner)
>> {
>> /* Catch this early. */
>> BUG_ON(driver->feature_table_size && !driver->feature_table);
>> driver->driver.bus = &virtio_bus;
>> + driver->driver.owner = owner;
>> +
>
> `.driver.name = KBUILD_MODNAME` also seems very common, should we put
> that in the macro as well?

This is a bit different thing. Every driver is expected to set owner to
itself (THIS_MODULE), but is every driver name KBUILD_MODNAME? Remember
that this overrides whatever driver actually put there.

Best regards,
Krzysztof