linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] drivercore: Add helper macro for platform

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Date:	Wed, 5 Oct 2011 11:02:45 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	greg@...ah.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] drivercore: Add helper macro for platform_driver
 boilerplate

On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 05:26:55PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:

> +/* Helper macro for drivers that don't do anything special in module
> + * init/exit.  This eliminates a lot of boilerplate */
> +#define module_platform_driver(__platform_driver) \
> +int __platform_driver##_init(void) \
> +{ \
> +	return platform_driver_register(&(__platform_driver)); \
> +} \
> +module_init(__platform_driver##_init); \

This looks great but I would prefer it if the function complained if
something goes wrong - it makes problems a lot more discoverable when
they crop up.
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