linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 29/58] move omap24xxcam's probe function to .devinit.text

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Date:	Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:02:36 +0300
From:	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...well.research.nokia.com>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Trilok Soni <soni.trilok@...il.com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 29/58] move omap24xxcam's probe function to	.devinit.text

Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hallo Sakari,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 10:40:15AM +0300, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>> ext Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
>>> A pointer to omap24xxcam_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-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
>>> Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ia.com>
>>> Cc: Trilok Soni <soni.trilok@...il.com>
>>> Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
>>> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
>>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/media/video/omap24xxcam.c |    2 +-
>>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...well.research.nokia.com>
> Does your S-o-b means you care for inclusion in mainline?[1]  Or should
> I record that as an Acked-by?

Sorry. Take that as Acked-by.

-- 
Sakari Ailus
sakari.ailus@...well.research.nokia.com
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