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

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Date:	Wed, 5 Oct 2011 12:29:35 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] drivercore: Add helper macro for platform_driver
 boilerplate

On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 10:43:02AM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 05:26:55PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> >> For simple modules that contain a single platform_driver without any
> >> additional setup code then ends up being a block of duplicated
> >> boilerplate.  This patch adds a new macro, module_platform_driver(),
> >> which replaces the module_init()/module_exit() registrations with
> >> template functions.
> >>
> >> This patch also converts all the relevant spi drivers to use the new
> >> macro.  There are a lot of drivers in the tree that are using this
> >> pattern and could be converted.
> >>
> >> It also fixes up some incorrect section annotations where I found
> >> them.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> I think this is useful, and I like the diffstat that it produces.
> >> What does everyone else think of this approach?  I can do versions for
> >> i2c_drivers and spi_drivers too.
> >>
> >> This is *not* tested very much.  I'm circulating mostly for review for
> >> now.
> >
> > The idea looks sane to me, I like the diffstat it ends up creating, nice
> > job.
> 
> Thanks.  Can I take that as your a-b?  Can I merge it via the spi tree?

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

And yes, please feel free to merge it through any tree you can.

greg k-h
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