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Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:21:40 +0400
From:	Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...mvista.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [WATCHDOG] mpc8xxx_wdt: fix modular build

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 05:31:59PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 04:23:41PM +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> >...
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
> > @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct mpc8xxx_wdt_type {
> >  };
> >  
> >  static struct mpc8xxx_wdt __iomem *wd_base;
> > +static int mpc8xxx_wdt_init_late(void);
> >  
> >  static u16 timeout = 0xffff;
> >  module_param(timeout, ushort, 0);
> > @@ -213,6 +214,12 @@ static int __devinit mpc8xxx_wdt_probe(struct of_device *ofdev,
> >  	else
> >  		timeout_sec = timeout / freq;
> >  
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_8xxx_WDT_MODULE
> > +	ret = mpc8xxx_wdt_init_late();
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		goto err_unmap;
> > +#endif
> 
> In mpc8xxx_wdt_probe()?

Yes.

> Isn't mpc8xxx_wdt_init() the correct place?

Not exactly. In case of non-modular build we rely on the fact
that OF devices are populated before module_init(), so _probe
is executed before _init_late.

But with modules, we can do the right thing: just register the driver
and await for the usual probe, then probe the wdt, and then register
userspace interface. Yes, kind of complicated, but we really need
this on 8xx.

> >  	pr_info("WDT driver for MPC8xxx initialized. mode:%s timeout=%d "
> >  		"(%d seconds)\n", reset ? "reset" : "interrupt", timeout,
> >  		timeout_sec);
> > @@ -280,7 +287,7 @@ static struct of_platform_driver mpc8xxx_wdt_driver = {
> >   * very early to start pinging the watchdog (misc devices are not yet
> >   * available), and later module_init() just registers the misc device.
> >   */
> > -static int __init mpc8xxx_wdt_init_late(void)
> > +static int mpc8xxx_wdt_init_late(void)
> >  {
> >  	int ret;
> >  
> > @@ -295,7 +302,9 @@ static int __init mpc8xxx_wdt_init_late(void)
> >  	}
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> > +#ifndef CONFIG_8xxx_WDT_MODULE
> 
> Your #ifdef is correct, but "#ifdef MODULE" would express this better.

Thanks, will repost soon.

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